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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2020

Brain Plasticity in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 1A Patients? A Combined Structural and Diffusion MRI Study.

Giuseppe Pontillo, Raffaele Dubbioso, Sirio Cocozza, Stefano Tozza, Daniele Severi, Rosa Iodice, Enrico Tedeschi, Andrea Elefante, Arturo Brunetti, Fiore Manganelli and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2020. 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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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giuseppe PontilloDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Raffaele DubbiosoDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Sirio CocozzaDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Stefano TozzaDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Daniele SeveriDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Rosa IodiceDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Enrico TedeschiDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Andrea ElefanteDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Arturo BrunettiDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Fiore ManganelliDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Mario QuarantelliInstitute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Naples, Italy.
Federico II University Hospital · ITInstitute of Biostructure and Bioimaging · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Central nervous system involvement has been described in peripheral neuropathies, including different forms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. The aim of our study was to systematically investigate possible brain structural modifications in CMT1A patients, using volumetric MRI, and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). In this prospective cross-sectional study, from May 2017 to May 2019, we acquired 3T MRI brain scans of genetically confirmed CMT1A patients and age- and sex-comparable healthy controls. Patients also underwent clinical and electrophysiological examinations assessing motor and sensory domains. Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) analyses were performed using a non-parametric approach based on permutations, including age and sex (and total intracranial volume for VBM) as nuisance covariates. When between-group differences emerged at VBM or TBSS analyses, the first eigenvariate was extracted from the cluster and its age- and sex-adjusted standardized residuals tested for correlation with clinical and electrophysiological variables. Twenty CMT1A patients (34.5 ± 11.1 years; M/F:11/9) were enrolled, along with 20 healthy controls (30.1 ± 10.2 years; M/F:11/9). The VBM analysis revealed clusters of significantly increased GM volume in CMT1A patients compared to healthy controls, encompassing the bilateral cerebellar lobules III-VI and the left hippocampus (all

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cerebellumCharcot-Marie-Tooth diseasediffusion magnetic resonance imagingelectrophysiologyperipheral nervous system diseasesstructural magnetic resonance imaging

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