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ArticleBrain sciences2018

Cervical Dystonia and Executive Function: A Pilot Magnetoencephalography Study.

Abhimanyu Mahajan, Andrew Zillgitt, Abdullah Alshammaa, Neepa Patel, Christos Sidiropoulos, Peter A LeWitt, Susan Bowyer

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Article in Brain sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Impaired Inhibitory Control of Saccadic Eye Movements in Cervical Dystonia: An Eye-Tracking Study.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2021
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  8. A microstructural neural network biomarker for dystonia diagnosis identified by a DystoniaNet deep learning platform.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abhimanyu MahajanDepartment of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Boulevard, K-11 Detroit, MI 48202, USA. abhimanyumahajan@outlook.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8807-6672
Andrew ZillgittDepartment of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Boulevard, K-11 Detroit, MI 48202, USA. zillgit1@gmail.com.
Abdullah AlshammaaDepartment of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Boulevard, K-11 Detroit, MI 48202, USA. aalsham1@hfhs.org.
Neepa PatelDepartment of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Boulevard, K-11 Detroit, MI 48202, USA. npatel20@hfhs.org.
Christos SidiropoulosDepartment of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. ccsidirop@gmail.com.
Peter A LeWittDepartment of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Boulevard, K-11 Detroit, MI 48202, USA. plewitt1@hfhs.org.
Susan BowyerDepartment of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Boulevard, K-11 Detroit, MI 48202, USA. sbowyer1@hfhs.org.
Henry Ford Hospital · USMichigan State University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCervical dystonia (CD) patients have impaired working memory, processing speed and visual-motor integration ability. We used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to investigate changes in cerebral oscillations in CD patients during an executive function test, before and after administration of botulinum toxin.

methodsMEG data were collected from five CD patients while they performed a visual continuous performance task (CPT), before and after they received a botulinum toxin injection. MEG data was also collected on five controls matched for age and gender. Coherence source imaging was performed to quantify network connectivity of subjects.

resultsControls demonstrated two errors with visual CPT; CD patients demonstrated six and three errors pre- and post-botulinum toxin respectively. After botulinum toxin, mean time from cue to correct response was 0.337 s in controls, 0.390 s in patients before botulinum toxin injection, and 0.366 s after the injection. Differences in coherence between controls and patients were found in the following brain regions: Fronto-frontal, fronto-parietal, fronto-striatal, fronto-occipital, parieto-parietal and temporo-parietal. Intrahemispheric and interhemispheric networks were affected. Post injection, there was minimal change in coherence in the above-mentioned networks. DISCUSSION: Neuropsychological testing suggests difference in coherence in frontal circuits between CD cases and controls during the visual CPT, which may reflect subjects' increased difficulty with the task. Botulinum toxin is associated with minimal improvement with executive function in CD.

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botulinum toxincervical dystoniaexecutive functionfunctional imagingmagnetoencephalography

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PMID30135369
PMCPMC6162734
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