1. Analysis of ageing-associated grey matter volume in patients with multiple sclerosis shows excess atrophy in subcortical regions
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Bishop, Ca, Newbould, Rd, Lee, Js, Honeyfield, L, Quest, R, Colasanti, A, Ali, R, Mattoscio, M, Cortese, A, Nicholas, R, Matthews, Pm, Muraro, Pa, and Waldman, Ad
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Adult ,Male ,Aging ,Multiple Sclerosis ,Grey matter ,Atrophy ,Image analysis ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Multiple sclerosis ,Age Factors ,Regular Article ,Middle Aged ,lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,Amygdala ,Hippocampus ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,lcsh:RC346-429 ,Corpus Striatum ,Thalamus ,lcsh:R858-859.7 ,Humans ,Age of Onset ,Gray Matter ,lcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system - Abstract
Age of onset in multiple sclerosis (MS) exerts an influence on the course of disease. This study examined whether global and regional brain volumes differed between “younger” and “older” onset MS subjects who were matched for short disease duration, mean 1.9 years and burden as measured by the MS Severity Score and relapses. 21 younger-onset MS subjects (age 30.4 ± 3.2 years) were compared with 17 older-onset (age 48.7 ± 3.3 years) as well as age-matched controls (n = 31, 31.9 ± 3.5 years and n = 21, 47.3 ± 4.0 years). All subjects underwent 3D volumetric T1 and T2-FLAIR imaging. White matter (WM) and grey matter (GM) lesions were outlined manually. Lesions were filled prior to tissue and structural segmentation to reduce classification errors. Volume loss versus control was predominantly in the subcortical GM, at > 13% loss. Younger and older-onset MS subjects had similar, strong excess loss in the putamen, thalamus, and nucleus accumbens. No excess loss was detected in the amygdala or pallidum. The hippocampus and caudate showed significant excess loss in the younger group (p, Graphical abstract Image 1, Highlights • Compared brain atrophy within MS cohort differing only by age, and matched controls • In early MS, subcortical GM atrophy is more than three times that of cortical GM. • By contrast, WM and cortical GM do not show excess atrophy compared with controls. • Hippocampal atrophy noted for clinically-matched younger versus older onset MS • Proposed workflow for atrophy analysis of imaging data in MS
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- 2017