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ArticleJournal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging2018

Yakovlev's Basolateral Limbic Circuit in Multiple Sclerosis Related Cognitive Impairment.

Zafer Keser, Arash Kamali, Kyan Younes, Paul E Schulz, Flavia M Nelson, Khader M Hasan

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Article in Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  2. Cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis: from phenomenology to neurobiological mechanisms.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2024
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Zafer KeserDepartment of Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX.
Arash KamaliDepartment of Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX.
Kyan YounesDepartment of Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX.
Paul E SchulzDepartment of Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX.
Flavia M NelsonDepartment of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Khader M HasanDepartment of Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

Detection of MS Related Cognitive Impairment: In Search of MRI Surrogate MarkersK23NS072134 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI NELSON, FLAVIA M · 2011 to 2014
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NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS072134
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeIn 1948, Paul Yakovlev described an additional limbic circuit located basolateral to James Papez's circuit (1937) and included orbitofrontal cortex, amygdala, and dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus. This circuit is shown to be an important component of subcortical cognitive abilities. We aimed to demonstrate this circuit in a multiple sclerosis (MS) cohort using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and evaluate its role in MS-related cognitive impairment (CI).

methodsWe enrolled cognitively intact (n = 10) and impaired (n = 36) MS patients who underwent a comprehensive cognitive assessment; the minimal assessment of cognitive function in MS (MACFIMS) and structural magnetic resonance imaging. Correlation analyses between volumetric and DTI-derived values of the orbitofrontothalamic (OFT), amygdalothalamic tracts (ATTs), and dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus and CI index derived from MACFIMS were computed after adjustment for age, education, and lesion load.

resultsWe observed a consistent trend between CI index and bilateral dorsomedial nucleus' mean diffusivity (MD) (r = .316; P = .02), left OFT Fractional anisotropy (FA) (r = -.302; P = .02), MD (r = .380; .006), and radial diffusivities (RDs) (r = .432; P = .002), also with right ATT FA (r = -.475; P = .0006) and left ATT FA ( = -.487; P = .0005). After Bonferroni correction, correlations of left OFT RD and right and left ATT FA with CI were found to be significant.

conclusionsOur study provides in vivo DTI delineation of Yakovlev's historical basolateral limbic circuit and establishes a role in MS-related CI. These findings may potentially pave the way for future clinical studies using targeted invasive and noninvasive neurostimulation modalities for CI in MS.

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AdultAmygdalaCognitive DysfunctionDiffusion Tensor ImagingFemaleHumansLimbic SystemMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMultiple SclerosisNeural PathwaysPrefrontal CortexThalamusCognitive impairmentdiffusion tensor imaginglimbicmultiple sclerosis

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PMID29893064
PMCPMC6212307
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