Article ; Online: Cerebral and cerebellar white matter tract alterations in patients with Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN).
Parkinsonism & related disorders
2022 Volume 98, Page(s) 1–6
Abstract: Background: To examine structural connectivity of white matter tracts in patients with Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN) dystonia and identify those ones which correlate negatively to severity of symptoms.: Methods: In a group ... ...
Abstract | Background: To examine structural connectivity of white matter tracts in patients with Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN) dystonia and identify those ones which correlate negatively to severity of symptoms. Methods: In a group of 41 patients suffering from PKAN dystonia and an age- and gender-matched control group, white matter tractography was carried out, based on diffusion tensor imaging magnetic resonance data. Postprocessing included assessment of Quantitative Anisotropy (QA) using q-space diffeomorphic reconstruction in order to reduce influence of iron accumulation in globus pallidus of patients. Results: Whole brain tractography presented significantly reduced QA values in patients (0.282 ± 0.056, as compared to controls (0.325 ± 0.046, p < 0.001). 9 fiber clusters of tracts correlated negatively to the dystonia score of patients: the middle cerebellar peduncle and the tracts of both cerebellar hemispheres as well as corpus callosum, forceps minor, the superior cortico-striate tracts and the superior thalamic radiations of both cerebral hemispheres (False Discovery Rate FDR = 0.041). Conclusion: The finding of a reduced global structural connectivity within the white matter and of negative correlation of motor system-related tracts, mainly those between the basal ganglia, cortical areas and the cerebellum, fits well to the concept of a general functional disturbance of the motor system in PKAN. |
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MeSH term(s) | Brain/pathology ; Cerebellum/diagnostic imaging ; Cerebellum/pathology ; Diffusion Tensor Imaging/methods ; Dystonia/pathology ; Humans ; Leukoaraiosis/pathology ; Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration/diagnostic imaging ; Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration/genetics ; White Matter/diagnostic imaging ; White Matter/pathology |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-04-04 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 1311489-x |
ISSN | 1873-5126 ; 1353-8020 |
ISSN (online) | 1873-5126 |
ISSN | 1353-8020 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2022.03.017 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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