Funding agencies: This study was upported by NIH grants R01-DC010367 and R01-AG037491 and by the Dana Foundation.
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Brief Report
Primary lateral sclerosis as progressive supranuclear palsy: Diagnosis by diffusion tensor imaging†‡§
Article first published online: 19 APR 2012
DOI: 10.1002/mds.24990
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How to Cite
Coon, E. A., Whitwell, J. L., Jack, C. R. and Josephs, K. A. (2012), Primary lateral sclerosis as progressive supranuclear palsy: Diagnosis by diffusion tensor imaging. Mov. Disord., 27: 903–906. doi: 10.1002/mds.24990
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 20 JUN 2012
- Article first published online: 19 APR 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 9 MAR 2012
- Manuscript Revised: 31 JAN 2012
- Manuscript Received: 29 OCT 2011
Keywords:
- progressive supranuclear palsy;
- primary lateral sclerosis;
- motor neuron disease;
- diffusion tensor imaging
Abstract
Background:
Evaluating the integrity of white matter tracts with diffusion tensor imaging may differentiate primary lateral sclerosis from progressive supranuclear palsy.
Methods:
Thirty-three prospectively recruited subjects had standardized evaluations and diffusion tensor imaging: 3 with primary lateral sclerosis who presented with features suggestive of progressive supranuclear palsy, 10 with probable or definite progressive supranuclear palsy, and 20 matched controls. We compared fractional anisotropy of the corticospinal tract, superior cerebellar peduncles, and body of the corpus callosum between groups.
Results:
Both the primary lateral sclerosis and progressive supranuclear palsy subjects showed reduced fractional anisotropy in superior cerebellar peduncle and body of the corpus callosum compared with controls, but only primary lateral sclerosis subjects showed reductions in the corticospinal tracts. A ratio of corticospinal tract/superior cerebellar peduncle best distinguished the disorders (P < .02).
Conclusions:
The corticospinal tract/superior cerebellar peduncle ratio is a marker to differentiate primary lateral sclerosis from progressive supranuclear palsy. © 2012 Movement Disorder Society