Morphological alterations in amygdalo-hippocampal substructures in narcolepsy patients with cataplexy
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- 作者：Hosung Kim ; Sooyeon Suh ; Eun Yeon Joo ; Seung Bong Hong
- 关键词：Narcolepsy ; Amygdale ; Hippocampus ; Surface analysis ; MRI volumetry
- 刊名：Brain Imaging and Behavior
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：10
- 期：4
- 页码：984-994
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- 刊物主题：Neurosciences; Neuroradiology; Neuropsychology; Psychiatry;
- 出版者：Springer US
- ISSN：1931-7565
- 卷排序：10
文摘
Although the role of hypocretin-mediated amygdalo-hippocampal dysfunction is hypothesized to be linked with narcolepsy, there have been no human MRI studies investigating the relationship between their regional volume and key symptoms of narcolepsy. To investigate the morphological changes of amygdalo-hippocampus and its relationship with clinical features in patients with narcolepsy, point-wise morphometry that allowed for measuring the regional volumes of amygdalo-hippocampus on T1-weighted MRI was applied. Participants were 33 drug-naïve patients and 35 age-/gender-matched controls (mean ± SD: 27 ± 6 years). We compared hippocampal and amygdalar subfields volumes between patients and controls and correlated between volume and clinical and neuropsychological features in patients. Bilateral hippocampal atrophy (183 vertices) was identified mainly located within the CA1 subfield (FDR < 0.05). Significant amygdalar volume reduction was found in the areas of the centromedial (102 vertices) and laterobasal nuclear groups (LB, 35 vertices). There was no volume increase in patients relative to controls (FDR >0.2). After controlling depressive mood, sleep quality, age, and gender, hippocampal CA1 atrophy and amygdalar centromedial atrophy were associated with longer duration of daytime sleepiness and shorter mean REM sleep latency (|r| >0.44, p < 0.01). The amygdalar centromedial atrophy was associated with longer duration of cataplexy (|r| >0.47, p < 0.005). Subfields atrophy of amygdalo-hippocampus in untreated patients with narcolepsy that was found relative to controls suggests that CA1 of the hippocampus and centromedial area of amygdala are closely related to the severity of narcolepsy and play a crucial role in the circuitry of cataplexy.