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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

In Vivo Parieto-Occipital White Matter Metabolism Is Correlated with Visuospatial Deficits in Adult DM1 Patients.

Stefania Evangelisti, Laura Ludovica Gramegna, Silvia De Pasqua, Magali Jane Rochat, Luca Morandi, Micaela Mitolo, Claudio Bianchini, Gianfranco Vornetti, Claudia Testa, Patrizia Avoni and 3 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stefania EvangelistiDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Laura Ludovica GramegnaDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Silvia De PasquaDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Magali Jane RochatFunctional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, 40139 Bologna, Italy.
Luca MorandiDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3810-9760
Micaela MitoloFunctional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, 40139 Bologna, Italy.
Claudio BianchiniDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Gianfranco VornettiDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6409-7962
Claudia TestaFunctional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, 40139 Bologna, Italy.
Patrizia AvoniDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Rocco LiguoriDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Raffaele LodiDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Caterina TononDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a genetic disorder caused by a (CTG) expansion in the DM protein kinase (DMPK) gene, representing the most common adult muscular dystrophy, characterized by a multisystem involvement with predominantly skeletal muscle and brain affection. Neuroimaging studies showed widespread white matter changes and brain atrophy in DM1, but only a few studies investigated the role of white matter metabolism in the pathophysiology of central nervous system impairment. We aim to reveal the relationship between the metabolic profile of parieto-occipital white matter (POWM) as evaluated with proton MR spectroscopy technique, with the visuoperceptual and visuoconstructional dysfunctions in DM1 patients. MR spectroscopy (3 Tesla) and neuropsychological evaluations were performed in 34 DM1 patients (19 F, age: 46.4 ± 12.1 years, disease duration: 18.7 ± 11.6 years). The content of neuro-axonal marker N-acetyl-aspartate, both relative to Creatine (NAA/Cr) and to myo-Inositol (NAA/mI) resulted significantly lower in DM1 patients compared to HC (p-values < 0.0001). NAA/Cr and NAA/mI correlated with the copy of the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure (r = 0.366, p = 0.033; r = 0.401, p = 0.019, respectively) and with Street’s completion tests scores (r = 0.409, p = 0.016; r = 0.341, p = 0.048 respectively). The proportion of white matter hyperintensities within the MR spectroscopy voxel did not correlate with the metabolite content. In this study, POWM metabolic alterations in DM1 patients were not associated with the white matter morphological changes and correlated with specific neuropsychological deficits.

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metabolismMR spectroscopymyotonic dystrophyvisuospatial functionswhite matter

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