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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2020

Multimodal MRI Longitudinal Assessment of White and Gray Matter in Different SPG Types of Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis.

Domenico Montanaro, M Vavla, F Frijia, G Aghakhanyan, A Baratto, A Coi, C Stefan, G Girardi, G Paparella, S De Cori and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Domenico MontanaroU.O.C. Risonanza Magnetica Specialistica e Neuroradiologia, Fondazione CNR/Regione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
M VavlaSevere Developmental Disabilities Unit, Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Conegliano, Italy.
F FrijiaU.O.C Bioengineering and Clinical Technology, Fondazione CNR/Regione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
G AghakhanyanDepartment of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
A BarattoDepartment of Radiology S. Maria dei Battuti Hospital - Conegliano, ULSS2-Marca Trevigiana, Conegliano, Italy.
A CoiInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy.
C StefanAcquired Neuropsychological Disease Rehabilitation Unit, Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Pieve di Soligo, Italy.
G GirardiAcquired Neuropsychological Disease Rehabilitation Unit, Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Pieve di Soligo, Italy.
G PaparellaAcquired Neuropsychological Disease Rehabilitation Unit, Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Pieve di Soligo, Italy.
S De CoriU.O.C. Risonanza Magnetica Specialistica e Neuroradiologia, Fondazione CNR/Regione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
P TotaroU.O.C. Risonanza Magnetica Specialistica e Neuroradiologia, Fondazione CNR/Regione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
F LombardoU.O.C. Risonanza Magnetica Specialistica e Neuroradiologia, Fondazione CNR/Regione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
G PiccoliDepartment of Radiology S. Maria dei Battuti Hospital - Conegliano, ULSS2-Marca Trevigiana, Conegliano, Italy.
Andrea MartinuzziSevere Developmental Disabilities Unit, Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Conegliano, Italy.
IRCCS Eugenio Medea · ITRegione ToscanaOspedale di Santa Maria dei Battuti · ITFondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio · ITNational Research Council · ITUniversity of Pisa · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a group of genetically and clinically heterogeneous neurologic disorders. Hereby we describe a relatively large group of patients (pts) affected by HSP studied at baseline (31 pts) and at follow-up (mean period 28.9 ± 8.4 months; 23 pts) with multimodal advanced MRI: high-resolution T1 images for voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis, magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). An age-matched healthy control (HC) group underwent the same neuroimaging protocol in a time schedule matched with the HSP patients. At baseline, VBM showed gray matter (GM) reduction in HSP in the right pre-frontal cortex and bilaterally in the thalami. MRS at baseline depicted in HSP patients compared to the HC group reduction of NAA/Cr ratio in the right pre-frontal region, increase of Cho/Cr ratio in the right pre-central regions, and increase of mI/Cr ratio on the left pre-central area. At cross-sectional follow-up analysis and longitudinal evaluation, no VBM and MRS statistically significant results were obtained. Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) analysis showed widespread DTI brain white matter (WM) alterations in patients compared to HC at baseline, which are characterized by reduction of fractional anisotropy (FA) and increase of mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD), and radial diffusivity, as confirmed on cross-analysis of the follow-up dataset. A longitudinal analysis with TBSS in HSP patients did not show significant variations, while upon applying region-based analysis we found increased FA and decreased MD and AD in specific brain WM fiber complex during follow-up. The changes were not correlated with the clinical presentation (pure

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DTI (diffusion tensor imaging)hereditary spastic paraplegiaHSPlongitudinal analyzeMRS – 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectraVBMvoxel-based morphometry

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