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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-16
pubmed:abstractText
This study aimed to determine in vivo the atrophy patterns in clinically established cerebellar variant of multiple-system atrophy (MSA-C) using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Thirteen patients with MSA-C (12 probable, 1 possible) and 13 healthy controls matched for age and sex were included. High-resolution MR images were acquired with a 1.5 T scanner. Images were normalized onto a study-specific template, segmented into the tissue compartments, modulated with the Jacobian determinants, and finally smoothed with a Gaussian kernel filter of 10 mm. The general linear model was used to assess statistical differences in gray and white matter. Infratentorial atrophy was observed in the cerebellar hemispheres, vermis, mesencephalon, and pons of MSA-C patients. Supratentorial volume loss was found in orbitofrontal and mid-frontal regions as well as in temporomesial and insular areas of both hemispheres. A negative correlation was observed between a cerebellar ataxia score and the volume of cerebellar hemispheres, peduncles, and pons. To compare this atrophy pattern to that of spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA2), which was previously reported by our group, a conjunction analysis was assessed. We observed a volume loss shared by both disorders comprising the cerebellum, vermis, pons, mesencephalon, orbitofrontal, mid-frontal, and temporomesial cortex of both hemispheres as well as the left insular cortex.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0885-3185
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2005 Movement Disorder Society.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
159-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Atrophy, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Cerebellar Ataxia, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Dominance, Cerebral, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Linear Models, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Mathematical Computing, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Mesencephalon, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Multiple System Atrophy, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Pons, pubmed-meshheading:16161039-Spinocerebellar Ataxias
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Cortical atrophy in the cerebellar variant of multiple system atrophy: a voxel-based morphometry study.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. christian.brenneis@uibk.ac.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study