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Atrophy of the putamen at time of clinical motor onset in Huntington’s disease: a 6-year follow-up study

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Title
Atrophy of the putamen at time of clinical motor onset in Huntington’s disease: a 6-year follow-up study
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Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders, March 2018
DOI 10.1186/s40734-018-0069-3
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Emma M. Coppen, Jeroen van der Grond, Raymund A. C. Roos

Abstract

Striatal atrophy is detectable many years before the predicted onset of motor symptoms in premanifest Huntington's disease (HD). However, the extent of these neurodegenerative changes at the actual time of conversion from premanifest to a motor manifest disease stage is not known. With this study, we aimed to assess differences in degree and rate of atrophy between converters, i.e. premanifest individuals who develop clinically manifest HD over the course of the study, and non-converters. Structural T1-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans were used to measure volumes of seven subcortical structures. Images were acquired yearly over a maximum follow-up period of 6 years (mean 4.8 ± 1.8 years) in 57 participants (healthy controls n = 28, premanifest HD gene carriers n = 29). Of the premanifest HD gene carriers, 20 individuals clinically developed manifest HD over the course of the study, i.e. converters, whereas 9 individuals did not show any clinical signs. Differences between controls, converters and non-converters in volumetric decline over time were assessed using a one-way ANCOVA with age, gender and intracranial volume as covariates. All data were adjusted for multiple comparisons using Bonferonni correction. The putamen showed a significant difference in volume at the time of conversion in the converters group compared to the non-converters group (adjusted p = 0.04). Although, volumes of all other subcortical structures were smaller at time of conversion compared to non-converters and controls, these differences were not statistically significant. Over time, rate of volumetric decline in all subcortical structures in converters did not significantly differ from non-converters. Putamen volume is smaller at the time of manifestation of motor symptoms compared with premanifest HD that not showed any clinical disease progression during the course of this 6-year follow-up study.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 24%
Student > Bachelor 4 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 9%
Student > Master 3 9%
Other 2 6%
Other 4 12%
Unknown 10 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 8 24%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Computer Science 1 3%
Psychology 1 3%
Other 5 15%
Unknown 13 38%
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