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Digital Phenotyping of Parkinson's Disease via Natural Language Processing.

Simona Aresta, Petronilla Battista, Cinzia Palmirotta, Serena Tagliente, Gianvito Lagravinese, Paola Santacesaria, Allegra Benzini, Davide Mongelli, Brigida Minafra, Christian Lunetta and 2 more

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12 authors.

Simona ArestaIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Institute of Bari.
Petronilla BattistaIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Institute of Bari.
Cinzia PalmirottaIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Institute of Bari.
Serena TaglienteIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Institute of Bari.
Gianvito LagravineseIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Institute of Bari.
Paola SantacesariaIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Institute of Bari.
Allegra BenziniIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Institute of Bari.
Davide MongelliIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Institute of Bari.
Brigida MinafraIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Institute of Bari.
Christian LunettaIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Institute of Milan.
Adolfo M GarcíaCognitive Neuroscience Center, Universidad de San Andrés.
Christian SalvatoreDepartment of Science, Technology and Society, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia.

Funding

TDP-43 Loss-of-Function: Biology to BiomarkersP01AG019724 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Jennifer Merrilees · 2002 to 2026
$67.2M
An automated machine learning approach to language changes in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia across Latino and English-speaking populationsR01AG075775 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MARIA LUISA GORNO TEMPINI, Adolfo Martin Garcia · 2023 to 2026
$7.2M
US-South American Initiative for Genetic-Neural-Behavioral Interactions in Human Neurodegenerative ResearchR01AG057234 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Claudia Duran-Aniotz, Agustin M. Ibanez · 2019 to 2026
$6.1M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG019724NIA NIH HHS R01 AG057234NIA NIH HHS R01 AG075775
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Abstract

Frontostriatal degeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with language deficits, which can be identified using natural language processing, a remarkable tool for digital phenotyping. Current evidence is limited in linguistic coverage and mostly blind to the disorder's cognitive phenotypes. We validated an AI-driven approach to capture digital language markers of PD with and without mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI, PD-nMCI) relative to healthy controls (HCs). Analyzing the connected speech samples of participants, we extracted linguistic features with CLAN software. Classification was performed using Support Vector Machine and Recursive Feature Elimination. Discrimination between PD and HCs reached an AUC of 77%, with even better results for subgroup analyses (AUC 85% PD-nMCI vs. HCs; 83% PD-MCI vs. HCs; 75% PD-nMCI vs. PD-MCI). Key linguistic features included retracing ratio, action verb ratio, utterance error ratio, and verbless-utterance ratio, highlighting the foundational capabilities of linguistic digital markers for early diagnosis and phenotyping of PD.

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connected speechlinguistic biomarkersmachine learningmild cognitive impairmentmultivariate language analysisNLPParkinson’s disease

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