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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 408, Issue 3, Pages 230-235Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.09.007
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spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 and type 6; voxel-based morphometry; MRI; atrophy; cerebellum
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The aim of this study was to examine the different patterns of cerebellar and/or brainstern atrophy in spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) type 3 and 6. Eighteen patients (SCA3 n = 9, SCA6 n = 9) and 15 healthy volunteers were studied. Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) was applied to segmented grey matter (GM) and white matter (WM) of high-resolution T1-weighted brain volumes of each group. We found reduction of grey matter in the pons as well as in the vennis in SCA3 as compared to control subjects. In SCA6 significant grey matter loss was found in hemispheric lobules bilaterally as well as in the vermis. White matter analysis revealed significant changes in SCA3, especially in the pons, in the white matter surrounding the dentate nucleus (DN) and in the cerebellar peduncles, whereas no significant white matter reduction was found in SCA6 patients. Our results demonstrate different patterns of grey and white matter affection detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in SCA3 and SCA6 patients, confirming the pathological concept of cortical cerebellar atrophy in SCA6. In contrast, SCA3 represents a form of ponto-cerebellar atrophy with predominant affection of pontine nuclei and fibre tracts. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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