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PLoS One ; 8(12): e82422, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24349280

ABSTRACT

Successful socialization requires the ability of understanding of others' mental states. This ability called as mentalization (Theory of Mind) may become deficient and contribute to everyday life difficulties in multiple sclerosis. We aimed to explore the impact of brain pathology on mentalization performance in multiple sclerosis. Mentalization performance of 49 patients with multiple sclerosis was compared to 24 age- and gender matched healthy controls. T1- and T2-weighted three-dimensional brain MRI images were acquired at 3Tesla from patients with multiple sclerosis and 18 gender- and age matched healthy controls. We assessed overall brain cortical thickness in patients with multiple sclerosis and the scanned healthy controls, and measured the total and regional T1 and T2 white matter lesion volumes in patients with multiple sclerosis. Performances in tests of recognition of mental states and emotions from facial expressions and eye gazes correlated with both total T1-lesion load and regional T1-lesion load of association fiber tracts interconnecting cortical regions related to visual and emotion processing (genu and splenium of corpus callosum, right inferior longitudinal fasciculus, right inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, uncinate fasciculus). Both of these tests showed correlations with specific cortical areas involved in emotion recognition from facial expressions (right and left fusiform face area, frontal eye filed), processing of emotions (right entorhinal cortex) and socially relevant information (left temporal pole). Thus, both disconnection mechanism due to white matter lesions and cortical thinning of specific brain areas may result in cognitive deficit in multiple sclerosis affecting emotion and mental state processing from facial expressions and contributing to everyday and social life difficulties of these patients.


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Cerebral Cortex/pathology , Cerebral Cortex/physiopathology , Facial Expression , Mental Processes/physiology , Multiple Sclerosis/pathology , Multiple Sclerosis/physiopathology , Theory of Mind , Adult , Atrophy , Case-Control Studies , Cognition , Demography , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Social Behavior , Young Adult
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Psychiatry Res ; 164(2): 178-84, 2008 Nov 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18945600

ABSTRACT

Voxel-based morphometry and functional magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated severe atrophy and decreased activation of visual attention areas and occipital lobes in a patient with early posterior cortical atrophy compared with healthy controls and patients with early Alzheimer's disease. Our complex approach indicates that structures responsible for attention can be damaged early in posterior cortical atrophy and may contribute to the characteristic decline in higher visual functions.


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Atrophy/complications , Atrophy/pathology , Attention/physiology , Cerebral Cortex/pathology , Frontal Lobe/pathology , Parietal Lobe/pathology , Perceptual Disorders/etiology , Visual Perception/physiology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Perceptual Disorders/diagnosis
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Mov Disord ; 23(1): 42-6, 2008 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17973326

ABSTRACT

The origin of the high rate of depression in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is unknown. We applied voxel-based morphometry (VBM), as a sensitive tool in detection of gray matter MR density alterations, to find differences in depressed and nondepressed PD patients. Patients with idiopathic PD were classified into depressed (DPD) and nondepressed (NDPD) groups based on the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). Subsequently, a group comparisons were performed between depressed PD (n = 23), nondepressed PD (n = 27) and normal healthy controls (NC, n = 16). There was no difference in gray matter density comparing healthy controls to any PD groups. However, when NDPD and DPD cohorts were compared, density alteration of the bilateral orbitofrontal, bilateral rectal gyrus, and also the right superior temporal pole was detected in the depressed subgroup. Exploratory analyses revealed an inverse correlation of MADRS scores and severity of VBM alteration in these regions beside the right medial temporal gyrus, anterior and medial cingular gyrus, and parahippocampal gyrus. These results suggest that depression in PD is related to gray matter decrease in the bilateral orbitofrontal and right temporal regions as well as the limbic system.


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Depressive Disorder, Major/etiology , Parkinson Disease/psychology , Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis , Anxiety Disorders/epidemiology , Caudate Nucleus/blood supply , Caudate Nucleus/metabolism , Caudate Nucleus/pathology , Cell Count , Cerebrovascular Circulation/physiology , Cognition Disorders/diagnosis , Cognition Disorders/epidemiology , Depressive Disorder, Major/diagnosis , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Neuropsychological Tests , Parkinson Disease/epidemiology , Parkinson Disease/metabolism , Positron-Emission Tomography , Prefrontal Cortex/blood supply , Prefrontal Cortex/metabolism , Prefrontal Cortex/pathology , Severity of Illness Index
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