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Neuroanatomical correlates of behavioural disorders in dementia

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Rosen, Howard J., Allison, Stephen C., Schauer, Guido F., Gorno-Tempini, Maria Luisa, Weiner, Michael W., Miller, Bruce L.·2005·Brain

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Neurodegenerative diseases are associated with profound changes in social and emotional function. The emergence of increasingly sophisticated methods for measuring brain volume has facilitated correlation of local changes in tissue content with cognitive and behavioural changes in neurodegenerative disease. The current study examined neuroanatomical correlates of behavioural abnormalities, as measured by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory, in 148 patients with dementia using voxel-based morphometry. Of 12 behaviours examined, 4 correlated with tissue loss: apathy, disinhibition, eating disorders and aberrant motor behaviour. Increasing severity across these four behaviours was associated with tissue loss in the ventral portion of the right anterior cingulate cortex (vACC) and adjacent ventromedial superior frontal gyrus (vmSFG), the right ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPC) more posteriorly, the right lateral middle frontal gyrus, the right caudate head, the right orbitofrontal cortex and the right anterior insula. In addition, apathy was independently associated with tissue loss in the right vmSFG, disinhibition with tissue loss in the right subgenual cingulate gyrus in the VMPC, and aberrant motor behaviour with tissue loss in the right dorsal ACC and left premotor cortex. These data strongly support the involvement of the right hemisphere in mediating social and emotional behaviour and highlight the importance of distinct regions on the medial wall of the right frontal lobe in regulating different behaviours. Furthermore, the findings underscore the utility of studying patients with dementia for understanding the neuroanatomical basis of social and emotional functions.

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  • The FTD finding may be uniquely related to high rates of neuropsychiatric symptoms such as apathy consistently observed in FTD patients.

    “This finding may also be uniquely related to the high rates of neuropsychiatric symptoms such as apathy consistently observed in FTD patients, particularly since neuroimaging studies previously related such behavioral changes to mPFC‐specific gray matter atrophy. 59 , 60 , 61”
  • Frontotemporal dementia with orbitofrontal cortex pathology is marked by compulsive consummatory behaviors including hyperphagia, gambling, and substance abuse.

    “Cases of frontotemporal dementia with OFC pathology are also marked by compulsive consummatory behaviors, including hyperphagia, gambling, and substance abuse (Gorno-Tempini et al., 2004; Ikeda et al., 2002; Rosen et al., 2005; Thompson et al., 2003; Whitwell et al., 2007; Williams et al., 2005; Woolley et al., 2007).”

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Authors
Rosen, H. J., Allison, S. C., Schauer, G. F., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Weiner, M. W., & Miller, B. L.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Pediatrics and Genetics (US)
Corresponding author
Rosen, Howard J.
Venue
Brain
Published
2005-09-29
Volume
128
Issue
11
Pages
2612-2625
ISSN
  • 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2156
OpenAlex
W2006412233
Cited by
497
References
118
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FWCI
12.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Brain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5k08ag020760-03, 5m01rr000079-42)
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • National Institute on Aging (P30AG010129, 1K08AG020760-01, K08 AG020760, P50AG016570, AG 16570, P50-AG05142, AG-10129, P50AG005142, R01AG010897, P01AG019724)
  • National Center for Research Resources (M01-RR000079, M01 RR-00079)
  • NIH Clinical Center
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical and Modern Theater Studies
Keywords
dementia, behavioural disorders, neuropsychiatric symptoms, apathy, disinhibition, eating disorders, brain tissue loss, right hemisphere, anterior cingulate cortex, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, anterior insula, premotor cortex, caudate nucleus, voxel-based morphometry
MeSH terms
Aged, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Brain Mapping, Dementia, Female, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Neuropsychological Tests, Psychometrics, Psychomotor Performance, Social Behavior Disorders

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