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Comprehensive shape analysis of the cortex in Huntington's disease

Journal

HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 1417-1431

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26125

Keywords

cortical analysis; cortical shape; Huntington's disease

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In addition to the striatum, cortical alterations caused by Huntington's disease have been found, but there is inconsistency in using cortical thickness as a metric. This study proposes a comprehensive approach using cortical thickness, sulcal depth, and local gyrification index, and the results are consistent with prior findings while highlighting the complementary nature of these measures.
The striatum has traditionally been the focus of Huntington's disease research due to the primary insult to this region and its central role in motor symptoms. Beyond the striatum, evidence of cortical alterations caused by Huntington's disease has surfaced. However, findings are not coherent between studies which have used cortical thickness for Huntington's disease since it is the well-established cortical metric of interest in other diseases. In this study, we propose a more comprehensive approach to cortical morphology in Huntington's disease using cortical thickness, sulcal depth, and local gyrification index. Our results show consistency with prior findings in cortical thickness, including its limitations. Our comparison between cortical thickness and local gyrification index underscores the complementary nature of these two measures-cortical thickness detects changes in the sensorimotor and posterior areas while local gyrification index identifies insular differences. Since local gyrification index and cortical thickness measures detect changes in different regions, the two used in tandem could provide a clinically relevant measure of disease progression. Our findings suggest that differences in insular regions may correspond to earlier neurodegeneration and may provide a complementary cortical measure for detection of subtle early cortical changes due to Huntington's disease.

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