Corticospinal tract and motor cortex degeneration in pure hereditary spastic paraparesis type 4 (SPG4)

FJ Navas-Sánchez, D Martin De Blas… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: SPG4 is an autosomal dominant pure form of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP)
caused by mutations in the SPAST gene. HSP is considered an upper motor neuron …

Thalamic atrophy in patients with pure hereditary spastic paraplegia type 4

FJ Navas-Sánchez, A Fernández-Pena… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
SPG4 is an autosomal dominant pure form of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) caused by
mutations in the SPAST gene. HSP is considered an upper motor neuron disorder …

Cortical Damage Associated With Cognitive and Motor Impairment in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia: Evidence of a Novel SPAST Mutation

J Lin, H Zheng, Q Ma, C Wang, L Fan, H Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
To determine the cortical mechanism that underlies the cognitive impairment and motor
disability in hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), nine HSP patients from a Chinese family …

Multimodal MRI-Based Study in Patients with SPG4 Mutations

TJR Rezende, M de Albuquerque, GM Lamas… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Mutations in the SPG4 gene (SPG4-HSP) are the most frequent cause of hereditary spastic
paraplegia, but the extent of the neurodegeneration related to the disease is not yet known …

[HTML][HTML] SPG11 mutations cause widespread white matter and basal ganglia abnormalities, but restricted cortical damage

I Faber, ARM Martinez, TJR de Rezende… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018 - Elsevier
SPG11 mutations are the major cause of autosomal recessive Hereditary Spastic
Paraplegia. The disease has a wide phenotypic variability indicating many regions of the …

Tract-specific damage at spinal cord level in pure hereditary spastic paraplegia type 4: a diffusion tensor imaging study

FJ Navas-Sánchez, L Marcos-Vidal, DM de Blas… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background SPG4 is a subtype of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), an upper motor
neuron disorder characterized by axonal degeneration of the corticospinal tracts and the …

Gray and white matter alterations in hereditary spastic paraplegia type SPG4 and clinical correlations

T Lindig, B Bender, TK Hauser, S Mang… - Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a group of clinically and genetically
heterogeneous disorders with the hallmark of progressive spastic gait disturbance. We used …

Diffusion tensor imaging in SPG11- and SPG4-linked hereditary spastic paraplegia

F Garaci, N Toschi, S Lanzafame… - International Journal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study was to identify potential diagnostic markers of Hereditary Spastic
Paraplegia (HSP). We investigated the white matter features of spastic gait (SPG) 11-and …

Spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging in autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia

P Hedera, OP Eldevik, P Maly, S Rainier, JK Fink - Neuroradiology, 2005 - Springer
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a genetically heterogeneous group of
neurodegenerative disorders characterized by progressive lower extremity weakness and …

Brain plasticity and functional reorganization in progressive motor system degeneration

C Konrad - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2006 - jns-journal.com
One of the most exciting insights from functional neuroimaging is the recognition of the
tremendously large capacity for structural and functional reorganization of the human brain …