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27.08.2023 | Original Communication

Cortical thickness and cognition in older people with multiple sclerosis

verfasst von: Dejan Jakimovski, Robert Zivadinov, Zachary Weinstock, Tom A. Fuchs, Alexander Bartnik, Michael G. Dwyer, Niels Bergsland, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Ralph H. B. Benedict

Erschienen in: Journal of Neurology | Ausgabe 11/2023

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Abstract

Background

The structural changes associated with cognitive performance in older people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS; age ≥ 50 years old) remain unknown.

Objective

To determine the relationship between whole-brain (WBV), thalamus as the largest deep gray matter nuclei, and cortex-specific volume measurements with both cognitive impairment and numerical performance in older PwMS. The main hypothesis is that cognitive impairment (CI) in older PwMS is explained by cortical thinning in addition to global and thalamic neurodegenerative changes.

Methods

A total of 101 older PwMS underwent cognitive and neuroimaging assessment. Cognitive assessment included tests established as sensitive in MS samples (Minimal Assessment of Cognitive Function in MS; MACFIMS), as well as those tests often utilized in Alzheimer’s dementia studies (Wechsler’s Memory Scale, Boston Naming Test, Visual Motor Integration and language). Cognitive impairment (CI) was based on -1.5 standard deviations in at least 2 cognitive domains (executive function, learning and memory, spatial processing, processing speed and working memory and language) when compared to healthy controls. WBV and thalamic volume were calculated using SIENAX/FIRST and cortical thickness using FreeSurfer. Differences in cortical thickness between CI and cognitively preserved (CP) were determined using age, sex, education, depression and WBV-adjusted analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The relationship between domain-specific cognitive performance and cortical thickness was analyzed by linear regression models adjusted for age, sex, education, depression, WBV and thalamic volume. Benjamini-Hochberg-adjusted p-values lower than 0.05 were considered significant.

Results

The average age of the study population was 62.6 (5.9) years old. After adjustment, CI PwMS had significantly thinner left fusiform (p = 0.0003), left inferior (p = 0.0032), left transverse (p = 0.0013), and bilateral superior temporal gyri (p = 0.002 and p = 0.0011) when compared to CP PwMS. After adjusting for age, sex, education, depression WBV, and thalamic volume, CI status was additionally predicted by the thickness of the left fusiform (p = 0.001) and left cuneus gyri (p = 0.004). After the adjustment, SDMT scores were additionally associated with left fusiform gyrus (p < 0.001) whereas letter-based verbal fluency performance with left pars opercularis gyrus (p < 0.001).

Conclusion

In addition to global and thalamic neurodegenerative changes, the presence of CI in older PwMS is additionally explained by the thickness of multiple cortical regions.

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Titel: Cortical thickness and cognition in older people with multiple sclerosis
verfasst von: Dejan Jakimovski
Robert Zivadinov
Zachary Weinstock
Tom A. Fuchs
Alexander Bartnik
Michael G. Dwyer
Niels Bergsland
Bianca Weinstock-Guttman
Ralph H. B. Benedict
Publikationsdatum: 27.08.2023
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Journal of Neurology / Ausgabe 11/2023
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-023-11945-2

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