NDLI: Substantia Nigra Echogenicity in Hereditary Ataxias With and Without Nigrostriatal Pathology: a Pilot Study

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Author	Martínez Sánchez, Patricia Cazorla García, Rubén Sanz Gallego, Irene Correas Callero, Elisa Pulido Valdeolivas, Irene Arpa, Javier
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Our objective was to determine whether substantia nigra (SN) hyperechogenicity is greater in spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) with nigrostriatal affectation than in ataxias without it. A cross-sectional case-control study analyzing four groups of patients was conducted: 1) nigrostriatal ataxias (SCA3 and SCA6), 2) nigrostriatal healthy controls matched by age and sex, 3) non-nigrostriatal ataxias (FRDA and SCA7), and 4) non-nigrostriatal healthy controls matched by age and sex. All the patients underwent a transcranial ultrasound performed by an experienced sonographer blinded to the clinical, genetic, and neuroimaging data. The SN area was measured and compared in the four groups. The SN area was also correlated with clinical features and genetic data in the two ataxia groups. We examined 12 patients with nigrostriatal ataxia (11 SCA3 and 1 SCA6), 12 nigrostriatal healthy control patients, 7 patients with non-nigrostriatal ataxia (5 FRDA and 2 SCA7), and 7 non-nigrostriatal healthy control patients. The median (IQR) SN area (cm$^{2}$) was greater in the nigrostriatal ataxias compared with the controls (right SN, 0.43 [0.44] vs. 0.11 [0.25]; P = 0.001; left SN, 0.32 [0.25] vs. 0.11 [0.16]; P = 0.001), but was similar among the non-nigrostriatal ataxias and controls. There were no statistically significant differences in the SN area between the nigrostriatal and non-nigrostriatal ataxias, although there was a tendency for a greater left SN area in the nigrostriatal compared with the non-nigrostriatal ataxias (0.32 [0.25] vs. 0.16 [0.24], P = 0.083). SN echogenicity is markedly greater in ataxias with nigrostriatal pathology than in controls. The role of SN hyperechogenicity in differentiating ataxias with and without nigrostriatal pathology should be elucidated in future studies.
Starting Page	240
Ending Page	246
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14734222
Journal	The Cerebellum
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	14734230
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-01-16
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Substantia nigra Echogenicity Hereditary ataxias Nigrostriatal pathology Neurosciences Neurology Neurobiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neurology Neurology (clinical)

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