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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2022

Altered cerebral blood flow in patients with spinocerebellar degeneration.

Bing Liu, Aocai Yang, Wenwen Gao, Yue Chen, Yige Wang, Xiuxiu Liu, Kuan Lv, Linwei Zhang, Guolin Ma

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bing LiuDepartment of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Aocai YangDepartment of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Wenwen GaoDepartment of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yue ChenDepartment of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yige WangDepartment of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiuxiu LiuDepartment of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Kuan LvDepartment of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Linwei ZhangDepartment of Neurology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Guolin MaDepartment of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
China-Japan Friendship Hospital · CNPeking Union Medical College Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) comprises a multitude of disorders with sporadic and hereditary forms, including spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA). Except for progressive cerebellar ataxia and structural atrophy, hemodynamic changes have also been observed in SCD. This study aimed to explore the whole-brain patterns of altered cerebral blood flow (CBF) and its correlations with disease severity and psychological abnormalities in SCD Methods: Thirty SCD patients and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HC) were prospectively recruited and underwent ASL examination on a 3.0T MR scanner. The Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) and the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) scores were used to evaluate the disease severity in SCD patients. Additionally, the status of anxiety, depression and sleep among all patients were, respectively, evaluated by the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Self-Rating Scale of Sleep (SRSS). We compared the whole-brain CBF value between SCD group and HC group at the voxel level. Then, the correlation analyses between CBF and disease severity, and psychological abnormalities were performed on SCD group. Results: Compared with HC, SCD patients demonstrated decreased CBF value in two clusters (FWE corrected Conclusion: The SCD-related whole-brain CBF changes mainly involved in the cerebellum and the midbrain of brainstem, which are partially overlapped with the related function cerebellar areas of hand, foot and tongue movement. Decreased CBF was related to disease severity and depression status in SCD. Therefore, CBF may be a promising neuroimaging biomarker to reflect the severity of SCD and suggest mental changes.

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arterial spin labelingcerebellumcerebral blood flowspinocerebellar ataxiaspinocerebellar degeneration

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