Longitudinal change in white matter microstructure in Huntington's disease: The IMAGE-HD study
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Poudel, Govinda R., Stout, Julie C., Dominguez, Juan F., Churchyard, Andrew, Chua, Phyllis, Egan, Gary F. and Georgiou-Karistianis, Nellie. (2015). Longitudinal change in white matter microstructure in Huntington's disease: The IMAGE-HD study. Neurobiology of Disease. 74(1), pp. 406 - 412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2014.12.009
Authors | Poudel, Govinda R., Stout, Julie C., Dominguez, Juan F., Churchyard, Andrew, Chua, Phyllis, Egan, Gary F. and Georgiou-Karistianis, Nellie |
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Abstract | Objective: To quantify 18-month changes in white matter microstructure in premanifest (pre-HD) and symptomatic Huntington's disease (symp-HD). To investigate baseline clinical, cognitive and motor symptoms that are predictive of white matter microstructural change over 18 months. Method: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data were analyzed for 28 pre-HD, 25 symp-HD, and 27 controls scanned at baseline and after 18 months. Unbiased tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) methods were used to identify longitudinal changes in fractional anisotropy (FA), radial diffusivity (RD), and axial diffusivity (AD) of white matter. Stepwise linear regression models were used to identify baseline clinical, cognitive, and motor measures that are predictive of longitudinal diffusion changes. Results: Symp-HD compared to controls showed 18-month reductions in FA in the corpus callosum and cingulum white matter. Symp-HD compared to pre-HD showed increased RD in the corpus callosum and striatal projection pathways. FA in the body, genu, and splenium of the corpus callosum was significantly associated with a baseline clinical motor measure (Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale: total motor scores: UHDRS–TMS) across both HD groups. This measure was also the only independent predictor of longitudinal decline in FA in all parts of the corpus callosum across both HD groups. Conclusions: We provide direct evidence of longitudinal decline in white matter microstructure in symp-HD. Although pre-HD did not show longitudinal change, clinical symptoms and motor function predicted white matter microstructural changes for all gene positive subjects. These findings suggest that loss of axonal integrity is an early hallmark of neurodegenerative changes which are clinically relevant. |
Keywords | longitudinal DTI; Huntington's disease; TBSS; diffusion tensor imaging |
Year | 2015 |
Journal | Neurobiology of Disease |
Journal citation | 74 (1), pp. 406 - 412 |
Publisher | Academic Press |
ISSN | 0969-9961 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2014.12.009 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84937147028 |
Page range | 406 - 412 |
Research Group | Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Grant ID | NHMRC/606650 |
Place of publication | United States of America |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/86668/longitudinal-change-in-white-matter-microstructure-in-huntington-s-disease-the-image-hd-study
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