A critical review of white matter changes in Huntington's disease

C Casella, I Lipp, A Rosser, DK Jones… - Movement …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Huntington's disease is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder. White matter alterations have
recently been identified as a relevant pathophysiological feature of Huntington's disease, but …

Magnetic resonance imaging as an approach towards identifying neuropathological biomarkers for Huntington's disease

N Georgiou-Karistianis, AJ Hannan, GF Egan - Brain research reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), functional MRI (fMRI) and Diffusion Tensor Imaging
(DTI) have been central to characterisation of abnormalities in brain structure and function in …

Diffusion tensor imaging in presymptomatic and early Huntington's disease: Selective white matter pathology and its relationship to clinical measures

HD Rosas, DS Tuch, ND Hevelone… - … : official journal of the …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Atrophy of cortical and subcortical gray matter is apparent in Huntington's disease (HD)
before symptoms manifest. We hypothesized that the white matter (WM) connecting cortical …

Myelin breakdown and iron changes in Huntington's disease: pathogenesis and treatment implications

G Bartzokis, PH Lu, TA Tishler, SM Fong… - Neurochemical …, 2007 - Springer
Background Postmortem and in vivo imaging data support the hypothesis that premature
myelin breakdown and subsequent homeostatic remyelination attempts with increased …

In vivo evidence for the selective subcortical degeneration in Huntington's disease

G Douaud, TE Behrens, C Poupon, Y Cointepas… - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
Although Huntington's disease is largely considered to be a subcortical disease, there is no
clear consensus on whether all deep grey matter loss is a direct downstream consequence …

Early changes in white matter pathways of the sensorimotor cortex in premanifest Huntington's disease

EM Dumas, SJA van den Bogaard… - Human brain …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To investigate the function–structure relationship of white matter within different
stages of Huntington's disease (HD) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Experimental …

White matter connections reflect changes in voluntary-guided saccades in pre-symptomatic Huntington's disease

S Klöppel, B Draganski, CV Golding, C Chu, Z Nagy… - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Huntington's disease is caused by a known genetic mutation and so potentially can be
diagnosed many years before the onset of symptoms. Neuropathological changes have …

Regional white matter change in pre-symptomatic Huntington's disease: a diffusion tensor imaging study

SAJ Reading, MA Yassa, A Bakker, AC Dziorny… - Psychiatry Research …, 2005 - Elsevier
The pathology of Huntington's disease (HD) is characterized by diffuse brain atrophy, with
the most substantial neuronal loss occurring in the caudate and putamen. Recent evidence …

Voxel-wise analysis of diffusion weighted imaging reveals disruption of the olfactory tract in Parkinson's disease

C Scherfler, MF Schocke, K Seppi, R Esterhammer… - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and the trace of diffusion tensor [Trace (D)], a marker of
water molecule diffusivity, provide information on structural integrity of nervous tissues. To …

Diffusion-MRI in neurodegenerative disorders

J Goveas, L O'Dwyer, M Mascalchi, M Cosottini… - Magnetic resonance …, 2015 - Elsevier
The ability to image the whole brain through ever more subtle and specific
methods/contrasts has come to play a key role in understanding the basis of brain …