多发性硬化症中残疾,运动和认知表现的结构和功能相关性:专注于白球 (globus pallidus)
Francesco Romanò1, Paola Valsasina1, Elisabetta Pagani1
1Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
|April 5, 2024
概括
多发性硬化症 (MS) 患者表现出改变的状球 (GP) 功能,而不是结构. 在GP中增加的铁积累与残疾相关,功能连接性的变化反映了基底腺节网络通信受损.
科学领域:
- 神经成像是一种神经成像.
- 神经学 神经学
- 放射学 放射学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 多发性硬化症 (MS) 是一种影响中枢神经系统的脱髓化疾病.
- 白球体 (GP) 是基底的关键组成部分,在运动控制和认知功能中起着至关重要的作用.
- 了解MS中GP的结构和功能变化对于评估疾病影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在患有多发性硬化症 (pwMS) 的人群中研究外部 (GPe) 和内部 (GPi) 全球的结构和功能变化.
- 将这些变化与健康对照 (HC) 进行比较.
- 为了将GP变化与临床残疾,运动和认知障碍相关联.
主要方法:
- 60名pwMS和30名HC接受了3.0TMRI,包括扩散张力成像和静止状态功能性MRI.
- 白球被细分为GPe和GPi.
- 临床评估包括扩展残疾状况尺度 (EDSS),定时25英尺步行 (T25FW),九洞测试 (9HPT) 和节奏听力序列加法测试 (PASAT).
主要成果:
- 在pwMS的GP中没有观察到显著的缩或改变的扩散性.
- 在GPe和GPi中,PwMS的T1/T2比率更高,与EDSS得分相关.
- 休息状态功能连接 (FC) 揭示了前额外皮层与前额外皮层的GPe FC降低和改变的GPi FC (降低了GP内,增加了thalamus).
结论:
- 在MS中,GP的结构性参与在其组件中是统一的.
- 增加T1/T2比率,可能表明铁积累,与更大的MS相关残疾有关.
- 改变的GPe和GPi功能连接与它们的网络角色保持一致,并且与功能状态较差相关,这表明基底腺网络内的通信受损.
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