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Johnson, Eileanoir B., Ziegler, Gabriel, Penny, William 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9064-1191, Rees, Geraint, Tabrizi, Sarah J., Scahill, Rachael I. and Gregory, Sarah
(2021)
Dynamics of cortical degeneration over a decade in Huntington’s disease.
Biological Psychiatry, 89 (8).
pp. 807-816.
ISSN 0006-3223
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Abstract
Background: Characterizing changing brain structure in neurodegeneration is fundamental to understanding long-term effects of pathology and ultimately providing therapeutic targets. It is well established that Huntington's disease (HD) gene carriers undergo progressive brain changes during the course of disease, yet the long-term trajectory of cortical atrophy is not well defined. Given that genetic therapies currently tested in HD are primarily expected to target the cortex, understanding atrophy across this region is essential. Methods: Capitalizing on a unique longitudinal dataset with a minimum of 3 and maximum of 7 brain scans from 49 HD gene carriers and 49 age-matched control subjects, we implemented a novel dynamical systems approach to infer patterns of regional neurodegeneration over 10 years. We use Bayesian hierarchical modeling to map participant- and group-level trajectories of atrophy spatially and temporally, additionally relating atrophy to the genetic marker of HD (CAG-repeat length) and motor and cognitive symptoms. Results: We show, for the first time, that neurodegenerative changes exhibit complex temporal dynamics with substantial regional variation around the point of clinical diagnosis. Although widespread group differences were seen across the cortex, the occipital and parietal regions undergo the greatest rate of cortical atrophy. We have established links between atrophy and genetic markers of HD while demonstrating that specific cortical changes predict decline in motor and cognitive performance. Conclusions: HD gene carriers display regional variability in the spatial pattern of cortical atrophy, which relates to genetic factors and motor and cognitive symptoms. Our findings indicate a complex pattern of neuronal loss, which enables greater characterization of HD progression.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | imaging,longitudinal,huntington's disease,atrophy,cortex,subcortex,3*,uoa4 ,/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/REFrank/3_ |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2020 00:50 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2024 00:54 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77796 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.11.009 |
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