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  1. Article ; Online: Quantitative assessment of muscle activity of back and lower extremities, whole body sagittal alignment, body sway, and health-related quality of life in adult spinal deformity patients before and after spinopelvic correction surgery: From the standpoint of the "cone of economy".

    Muraoka, Mikio / Hasegawa, Kazuhiro / Sakai, Michiko / Hatsushikano, Shun / Watanabe, Kei

    Journal of orthopaedic science : official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association

    2024  

    Abstract: Background and aims: Pain and muscle fatigue in the low back and lower extremity associated with adult spinal deformity (ASD) markedly limit daily activities and affect quality of life. This study aimed to clarify if spinal correction surgery decreases ... ...

    Abstract Background and aims: Pain and muscle fatigue in the low back and lower extremity associated with adult spinal deformity (ASD) markedly limit daily activities and affect quality of life. This study aimed to clarify if spinal correction surgery decreases the muscle activity requirements in relation to alignment and balance parameters.
    Methods: Integrated electromyogram (I-EMG) studies of the low back and lower extremity in addition to whole body alignment, body sway, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) were evaluated in 16 patients with ASD before and after surgery. Sixteen healthy volunteers were included as control subjects. Muscle activities of the bilateral lumbar paravertebral, biceps femoris, rectus femoris, gastrocnemius, and tibialis anterior were measured using surface electromyogram in both resting and working standing positions. Surgical outcomes were based on improvements in muscle fatigue using the sum of the whole muscle I-EMGs and body sway. HRQOL was evaluated by SRS-22r, which measures 4 domains (function, pain, self-image, mental health) and subtotal scores.
    Results: In controls, the sum of the 10 whole I-EMGs (mVms; mean ± SD) was 3316 ± 1247 in the resting standing position and 5625 ± 2065 in the working standing position. The I-EMG values were higher in ASD patients than in healthy subjects; in the resting standing position, the sum of the whole 10 I-EMGs significantly decreased from baseline (9125 ± 3529) to 3 (6088 ± 1793) and 6 (6381 ± 1776) months postoperatively (p < 0.01). In the working standing position, the sum in ASD patients also significantly decreased from baseline (14,160 ± 5474) to 3 (8085 ± 2540) and 6 (8557 ± 3025) months postoperatively (p < 0.01). I-EMG values did not differ significantly between the 3- and 6-month time points in either condition. Body sway was also improved postoperatively at 3 months and maintained at 6 months along with the amelioration of whole-body sagittal alignment, and 4 domains and subtotal SRS-22r scores significantly increased postoperatively.
    Conclusion: Following spinopelvic correction surgery, whole body sagittal alignment was improved, and muscle activity based on I-EMG and body sway were significantly decreased. The SRS-22r scores after surgery also indicated significant improvement, suggesting that muscle fatigue in the standing position was ameliorated, i.e., the "cone of economy" was normalized.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-21
    Publishing country Japan
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1314243-4
    ISSN 1436-2023 ; 0949-2658
    ISSN (online) 1436-2023
    ISSN 0949-2658
    DOI 10.1016/j.jos.2024.02.006
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  2. Article: Ready to detect a reversal of time's arrow: a psychophysical study using short video clips in daily scenes.

    Hanyu, Nao / Watanabe, Kei / Kitazawa, Shigeru

    Royal Society open science

    2023  Volume 10, Issue 4, Page(s) 230036

    Abstract: It is generally believed that time flows in one direction and that a reversal of time's arrow would render the external world non-sensical. We evaluated our ability to tell the direction of time's arrow in a wide range of dynamic scenes in our daily life ...

    Abstract It is generally believed that time flows in one direction and that a reversal of time's arrow would render the external world non-sensical. We evaluated our ability to tell the direction of time's arrow in a wide range of dynamic scenes in our daily life by presenting 360 video clips in the correct or incorrect direction. Participants, who judged the direction in a speeded manner, erred in 39% of trials when a video was played in reverse, but in only 9% when it was played normally. Due to the bias favouring the 'forward' judgement, the reaction was generally faster for the forward response. However, the reaction became paradoxically faster and more synchronous for the detection of reversal in some critical occasions such as forward motion, free fall, diffusion, division and addition of materials by hand. Another experiment with a fraction of the video clips revealed that reversal replay of these videos provided instantaneous evidence strong enough to overtake the forward judgement bias. We suggest that our brain is equipped with a system that predicts how the external organisms behave or move in these critical occasions and that the prediction error of the system contributes to the fast 'reversal' detection.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-19
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2787755-3
    ISSN 2054-5703
    ISSN 2054-5703
    DOI 10.1098/rsos.230036
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  3. Article ; Online: Usefulness of the spectral shaping dual-source computed tomography imaging technique in posterior corrective fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

    Noto, Yoshiyuki / Endo, Yuki / Ohashi, Masayuki / Hirano, Toru / Kuramoto, Tatsuya / Chida, Koichi / Watanabe, Kei

    European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society

    2024  Volume 33, Issue 2, Page(s) 706–712

    Abstract: Purpose: Since childhood exposure to radiation has been demonstrated to increase cancer risk with increase in radiation dose, reduced radiation exposure during computed tomography (CT) evaluation is desired for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: Since childhood exposure to radiation has been demonstrated to increase cancer risk with increase in radiation dose, reduced radiation exposure during computed tomography (CT) evaluation is desired for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Therefore, this retrospective study aimed to investigate the radiation dose of dual-source CT using a spectral shaping technique and the accuracy of the thoracic pedicle screw (TPS) placement for posterior spinal fusion (PSF) in patients with AIS.
    Methods: Fifty-nine female patients with thoracic AIS who underwent PSF using CT-guided TPSs were included and divided into two groups comprised of 23 patients who underwent dual-source CT (DSCT) with a tin filter (DSCT group) and 36 who underwent conventional multislice CT (MSCT group). We assessed the CT radiation dose using the CT dose index (CTDI
    Results: The DSCT and MSCT groups differed significantly (p < 0.001) in the mean CTDI
    Conclusion: Spectral shaping DSCT with a tube-based tin filter allowed a 75% radiation dose reduction while achieving TPS insertion accuracy similar to procedures based on conventional CT without spectral shaping.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Adolescent ; Female ; Child ; Retrospective Studies ; Scoliosis/diagnostic imaging ; Scoliosis/surgery ; Tin ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Dioctyl Sulfosuccinic Acid ; Phenolphthalein
    Chemical Substances Tin (7440-31-5) ; Dioctyl Sulfosuccinic Acid (10041-19-7) ; Phenolphthalein (6QK969R2IF)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-17
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1115375-1
    ISSN 1432-0932 ; 0940-6719
    ISSN (online) 1432-0932
    ISSN 0940-6719
    DOI 10.1007/s00586-023-08006-7
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  4. Article ; Online: Preparation of NanoMEDIC Extracellular Vesicles to Deliver CRISPR-Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins for Genomic Exon Skipping.

    Watanabe, Kei / Gee, Peter / Hotta, Akitsu

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

    2022  Volume 2587, Page(s) 427–453

    Abstract: The CRISPR-Cas9 system has quickly become the standard tool for genome editing. To deliver this system to target cells, adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are commonly used. In fact, AAV vectors have been utilized to deliver the CRISPR-Cas9 system to ... ...

    Abstract The CRISPR-Cas9 system has quickly become the standard tool for genome editing. To deliver this system to target cells, adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are commonly used. In fact, AAV vectors have been utilized to deliver the CRISPR-Cas9 system to induce genomic exon skipping and restore the dystrophin protein in various Duchenne muscular dystrophy model animals. Despite the high transduction efficiency, AAV vector-mediated delivery has several limitations, such as the packaging size, prolonged overexpression of Cas9, immunogenicity against the AAV capsid, and the risk of integrating a part of the AAV genomic sequence into the host cell. To overcome these issues, we have recently engineered a transient delivery system utilizing VSV-G pseudotyped extracellular vesicles (EVs) termed NanoMEDIC (nanomembrane-derived extracellular vesicles for the delivery of macromolecular cargo). NanoMEDIC utilizes an HIV-derived Gag protein to package Cas9 protein and gRNA into EVs. The Cas9 and Gag proteins are fused to a heterodimerizer and conditionally dimerized by the addition of an inducible chemical ligand to recruit Cas9 protein into EVs. sgRNA is packaged into EVs through an HIV-derived RNA packaging signal and is subsequently released by two self-cleaving ribozymes. Utilizing these features, NanoMEDIC can achieve highly efficient packaging of the Cas9 protein and gRNA for genome editing into a variety of target cells and in vivo. Here, we describe a step-by-step protocol, including the gRNA-expressing vector construction and large-scale NanoMEDIC production, for in vivo genome editing.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; CRISPR-Associated Protein 9/genetics ; CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics ; Exons/genetics ; Extracellular Vesicles/genetics ; Genomics ; HIV Infections/genetics ; Ribonucleoproteins/genetics ; RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics
    Chemical Substances CRISPR-Associated Protein 9 (EC 3.1.-) ; Ribonucleoproteins ; RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1940-6029
    ISSN (online) 1940-6029
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-0716-2772-3_22
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  5. Article ; Online: Cycles of goal silencing and reactivation underlie complex problem-solving in primate frontal and parietal cortex.

    Watanabe, Kei / Kadohisa, Mikiko / Kusunoki, Makoto / Buckley, Mark J / Duncan, John

    Nature communications

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 5054

    Abstract: While classic views proposed that working memory (WM) is mediated by sustained firing, recent evidence suggests a contribution of activity-silent states. Within WM, human neuroimaging studies suggest a switch between attentional foreground and background, ...

    Abstract While classic views proposed that working memory (WM) is mediated by sustained firing, recent evidence suggests a contribution of activity-silent states. Within WM, human neuroimaging studies suggest a switch between attentional foreground and background, with only the foregrounded item represented in active neural firing. To address this process at the cellular level, we recorded prefrontal (PFC) and posterior parietal (PPC) neurons in a complex problem-solving task, with monkeys searching for one or two target locations in a first cycle of trials, and retaining them for memory-guided revisits on subsequent cycles. When target locations were discovered, neither frontal nor parietal neurons showed sustained goal-location codes continuing into subsequent trials and cycles. Instead there were sequences of timely goal silencing and reactivation, and following reactivation, sustained states until behavioral response. With two target locations, goal representations in both regions showed evidence of transitions between foreground and background, but the PFC representation was more complete, extending beyond the current trial to include both past and future selections. In the absence of unbroken sustained codes, different neuronal states interact to support maintenance and retrieval of WM representations across successive trials.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Animals ; Goals ; Primates ; Parietal Lobe/diagnostic imaging ; Neurons ; Memory, Short-Term
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-19
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-40676-1
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  6. Article ; Online: Optimal information loading into working memory explains dynamic coding in the prefrontal cortex.

    Stroud, Jake P / Watanabe, Kei / Suzuki, Takafumi / Stokes, Mark G / Lengyel, Máté

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2023  Volume 120, Issue 48, Page(s) e2307991120

    Abstract: Working memory involves the short-term maintenance of information and is critical in many tasks. The neural circuit dynamics underlying working memory remain poorly understood, with different aspects of prefrontal cortical (PFC) responses explained by ... ...

    Abstract Working memory involves the short-term maintenance of information and is critical in many tasks. The neural circuit dynamics underlying working memory remain poorly understood, with different aspects of prefrontal cortical (PFC) responses explained by different putative mechanisms. By mathematical analysis, numerical simulations, and using recordings from monkey PFC, we investigate a critical but hitherto ignored aspect of working memory dynamics: information loading. We find that, contrary to common assumptions, optimal loading of information into working memory involves inputs that are largely orthogonal, rather than similar, to the late delay activities observed during memory maintenance, naturally leading to the widely observed phenomenon of dynamic coding in PFC. Using a theoretically principled metric, we show that PFC exhibits the hallmarks of optimal information loading. We also find that optimal information loading emerges as a general dynamical strategy in task-optimized recurrent neural networks. Our theory unifies previous, seemingly conflicting theories of memory maintenance based on attractor or purely sequential dynamics and reveals a normative principle underlying dynamic coding.
    MeSH term(s) Memory, Short-Term/physiology ; Neurons/physiology ; Prefrontal Cortex/physiology ; Neural Networks, Computer
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-20
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2307991120
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  7. Article ; Online: [Case of hereditary Y69H (p.Y89H) transthyretin variant leptomeningeal amyloidosis presenting with drop attacks and recurrent transient language disorder].

    Saito, Natsumi / Kuroha, Yasuko / Hasegawa, Arika / Tada, Mari / Kakita, Akiyoshi / Watanabe, Kei / Takahashi, Tetsuya

    Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology

    2023  Volume 63, Issue 10, Page(s) 650–655

    Abstract: We report a 73-year-old woman who started developing recurrent transient aphasia at the age of 66 years. During the attacks, she was aware she could not understand what was being said and both her spoken and written speech were meaningless. The attacks ... ...

    Abstract We report a 73-year-old woman who started developing recurrent transient aphasia at the age of 66 years. During the attacks, she was aware she could not understand what was being said and both her spoken and written speech were meaningless. The attacks usually lasted for a few days, following which she could explain what had happened. Anti-epileptics did not improve her symptoms. She also noticed tremor of her right hand and gait disturbance at the age of 71 years. The recurrent transient aphasia was followed by drop attacks. At the time of her admission to our hospital, she showed paraplegia, phonological paraphasia, and difficulty in understanding complex sentences. Her language disturbance resembled a logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia. However, the symptoms fluctuated for a few days and subsequently improved. Electroencephalography showed no abnormalities. Gadolinium-enhanced brain and spinal MRI showed diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement over the surface of the spinal cord, brain stem, and cerebrum on T
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Aged ; Prealbumin/genetics ; Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial/complications ; Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial/diagnosis ; Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial/genetics ; Aphasia ; Syncope
    Chemical Substances Prealbumin
    Language Japanese
    Publishing date 2023-09-30
    Publishing country Japan
    Document type Case Reports ; English Abstract ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 604200-4
    ISSN 1882-0654 ; 0009-918X
    ISSN (online) 1882-0654
    ISSN 0009-918X
    DOI 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001852
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  8. Article ; Online: Neck and shoulder pain in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis 10 years after posterior spinal fusion.

    Ohashi, Masayuki / Watanabe, Kei / Hirano, Toru / Hasegawa, Kazuhiro / Tashi, Hideki / Makino, Tatsuo / Minato, Keitaro / Sato, Masayuki / Kawashima, Hiroyuki

    European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society

    2024  

    Abstract: Purpose: We aimed to determine the clinical significance of neck and shoulder pain (NSP) 10 years after posterior spinal fusion (PSF) for thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and the relationship between radiographic parameters and NSP.: ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: We aimed to determine the clinical significance of neck and shoulder pain (NSP) 10 years after posterior spinal fusion (PSF) for thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and the relationship between radiographic parameters and NSP.
    Methods: Of 72 patients who underwent PSF for thoracic AIS (Lenke 1 or 2) between 2000 and 2013, we included 52 (46 females; Lenke type 1 in 34 patients and type 2 in 18; mean age, 25.6 years) who underwent NSP evaluation using visual analog scale (VAS, 10 cm) 10 years postoperatively (follow-up rate, 72.2%). Correlation analyses were performed using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (r).
    Results: The VAS for NSP was 2.6 cm in median and 3.4 cm in mean at 10 years. The VAS had significant negative correlations with several SRS-22 domain scores (rs = - 0.348 for pain, - 0.347 for function,  -  0.308 for mental health, and - 0.372 for total) (p < 0.05). In addition, the VAS score was significantly correlated with cervical lordosis (CL) (rs = 0.296), lumbar lordosis (rs = - 0.299), and sacral slope (rs = 0.362) (p < 0.05). Furthermore, at the 10-year follow-up, CL was significantly negatively correlated with T1 slope (rs = - 0.763) and thoracic kyphosis (TK) (- 0.554 for T1-12 and - 0.344 for T5-12) (p < 0.02).
    Conclusion: NSP was associated with deterioration in SRS-22 scores, indicating that NSP is a clinically significant long-term issue in PSF for thoracic AIS. Restoring or maintaining the TK and T1 slopes, which are controllable factors during PSF, may improve cervical lordosis and alleviate NSP at 10-year follow-up.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-04
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1115375-1
    ISSN 1432-0932 ; 0940-6719
    ISSN (online) 1432-0932
    ISSN 0940-6719
    DOI 10.1007/s00586-024-08233-6
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  9. Article ; Online: Scoliosis Research Society-22r score is affected by standing whole body sagittal alignment, age, and sex, but not by standing balance or skeletal muscle mass in healthy volunteers.

    Hasegawa, Kazuhiro / Hatsushikano, Shun / Watanabe, Kei / Ohashi, Masayuki / Dubousset, Jean

    European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society

    2022  Volume 31, Issue 11, Page(s) 3000–3012

    Abstract: Purpose: Aging and spinal disease impair standing whole body sagittal alignment (WBS alignment), which leads to stooping. When WBS alignment deteriorates, compensatory mechanisms are activated to maintain standing posture. Increase of the compensation ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: Aging and spinal disease impair standing whole body sagittal alignment (WBS alignment), which leads to stooping. When WBS alignment deteriorates, compensatory mechanisms are activated to maintain standing posture. Increase of the compensation impairs health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The purpose of this research was to determine whether postural factors, age, and sex affect HRQOL.
    Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated the influence of WBS alignment, standing body sway (balance), skeletal muscle mass (SMM), aging, and sex on HRQOL in healthy volunteers (n = 150; mean age 40.9 years [20-76], 96 women). Age, sex, weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) were obtained. HRQOL was assessed with Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22r). WBS alignment and balance were measured by EOS imaging with simultaneous force plate measurement. SMM was measured using a medical body composition analyzer. Based on the bivariate analysis between the SRS-22r subtotal and all parameters, selected ten parameters were used for multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify affecting factors to SRS-22r.
    Results: Men had significantly higher weight, height, BMI, and SRS-22r score in all domains. The L4-S1 lumbar lordosis angle was greater in men, and pelvic tilt and knee hyperextension were greater in women. Women had a more stable standing posture, whereas men had significantly higher SMM values. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that age, sex, and TPA were identified as significant factors affecting SRS-22r.
    Conclusions: In healthy volunteers, SRS-22r is affected by aging, sex (woman had a lower score), and sagittal malalignment. Neither Standing balance nor SMM, however, affect SRS-22r.4.
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Humans ; Female ; Adult ; Scoliosis/diagnostic imaging ; Quality of Life ; Healthy Volunteers ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Muscle, Skeletal/diagnostic imaging
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-02
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1115375-1
    ISSN 1432-0932 ; 0940-6719
    ISSN (online) 1432-0932
    ISSN 0940-6719
    DOI 10.1007/s00586-022-07360-2
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  10. Article ; Online: Toward an understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying dual-task performance: Contribution of comparative approaches using animal models.

    Watanabe, Kei / Funahashi, Shintaro

    Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews

    2018  Volume 84, Page(s) 12–28

    Abstract: The study of dual-task performance in human subjects has received considerable interest in cognitive neuroscience because it can provide detailed insights into the neural mechanisms underlying higher-order cognitive control. Despite many decades of ... ...

    Abstract The study of dual-task performance in human subjects has received considerable interest in cognitive neuroscience because it can provide detailed insights into the neural mechanisms underlying higher-order cognitive control. Despite many decades of research, our understanding of the neurobiological basis of dual-task performance is still limited, and some critical questions are still under debate. Recently, behavioral and neurophysiological studies of dual-task performance in animals have begun to provide intriguing evidence regarding how dual-task information is processed in the brain. In this review, we first summarize key evidence in neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies in humans and discuss possible reasons for discrepancies across studies. We then provide a comprehensive review of the literature on dual-task studies in animals and provide a novel working hypothesis that may reconcile the divergent results in human studies toward a unified view of the mechanisms underlying dual-task processing. Finally, we propose possible directions for future dual-task experiments in the framework of comparative cognitive neuroscience.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Brain/physiology ; Brain Mapping ; Cognition/physiology ; Humans ; Models, Animal ; Neuroimaging ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Psychomotor Performance/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 282464-4
    ISSN 1873-7528 ; 0149-7634
    ISSN (online) 1873-7528
    ISSN 0149-7634
    DOI 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.08.008
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