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ABSTRACT: Introduction
Disruption to white matter pathways is an important contributor to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Fixel-based analysis has recently emerged as a useful fiber-specific tool for examining white matter structure. In this longitudinal study, we used Fixel-based analysis to investigate white matter changes occurring over time in patients with Parkinson's disease.Methods
Fifty patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (27 men and 23 women; mean age: 61.8 ± 6.1 years), were enrolled. Diffusion-weighted imaging and clinical examinations were performed at three different time points (baseline, first follow-up [after a mean of 24±2 months], and second follow-up [after a mean of 40 ± 3 months]). Additional 76 healthy control subjects (38 men and 38 women; mean age: 62.3 ± 5.5 years) were examined at baseline. The following fixel-based metrics were obtained: fiber density (FD), fiber bundle cross-section (FC), and a combined measure of both (FDC). Paired comparisons of metrics between three different time points were performed in patients. Linear regression was implemented between longitudinal changes of fixel-based metrics and the corresponding modifications in clinical parameters. A family-wise error corrected p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results and discussions
Early degeneration in the splenium of corpus callosum was identified as a typical alteration of Parkinson's disease over time. At follow-up, we observed significant FDC reductions compared with baseline in white matter, noticeably in corpus callosum; tapetum; cingulum, posterior thalamic radiation, corona radiata, and sagittal stratum. We also identified significant FC decreases that reflected damage to white matter structures involved in Parkinson's disease -related pathways. Fixel-based metrics were found to relate with a deterioration of 39-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale and activity of daily living. A Parkinson's disease -facilitated aging effect was observed in terms of white matter disruption.Conclusion
This study provides a thorough fixel-based profile of longitudinal white matter alterations occurring in patients with Parkinson's disease and new evidence of FC as an important role in white matter degeneration in this setting.
SUBMITTER: Rau YA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6889638 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rau Yi-Ai YA Wang Shi-Ming SM Tournier Jacques-Donald JD Lin Sung-Han SH Lu Chin-Song CS Weng Yi-Hsin YH Chen Yao-Liang YL Ng Shu-Hang SH Yu Shao-Wen SW Wu Yi-Ming YM Tsai Chih-Chien CC Wang Jiun-Jie JJ
NeuroImage. Clinical 20191118
<h4>Introduction</h4>Disruption to white matter pathways is an important contributor to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Fixel-based analysis has recently emerged as a useful fiber-specific tool for examining white matter structure. In this longitudinal study, we used Fixel-based analysis to investigate white matter changes occurring over time in patients with Parkinson's disease.<h4>Methods</h4>Fifty patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (27 men and 23 women; mean age: 61.8 ± 6.1 ...[more]