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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL
Volume 21, Issue 14, Pages 1794-1801Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1352458515576983
Keywords
Multiple sclerosis; cognition; diffusion tensor imaging; episodic memory; disease progression; cingulate gyrus
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- NINDS NIH HHS [NS035058, R01 NS035058] Funding Source: Medline
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Background: Imaging can provide noninvasive neural markers of disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS) that are related to behavioral and cognitive symptoms. Past work suggests that diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) provides a measure of white matter pathology, including demyelination and axonal counts. Objectives: In the current study, the authors investigate the relationship of DTI measures in the cingulum bundle to common deficits in MS, including episodic memory, working memory, and information processing speed. Methods: Fifty-seven patients with MS and 17 age- and education-matched controls underwent high-spatial resolution diffusion scans and cognitive testing. Probabilistic tracking was used to generate tracks from the posterior cingulate cortex to the entorhinal cortex. Results: Radial and axial diffusivity values were significantly different between patients and controls (p < 0.031), and in patients bilateral diffusion measures were significantly related to measures of episodic memory and speed of processing (p < 0.033). Conclusions: The tractography-based measures of posterior cingulum integrity reported here support further development of DTI as a viable measure of axonal integrity and cognitive function in patients with MS.
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