A biological classification of Huntington's disease: the Integrated Staging System

SJ Tabrizi, S Schobel, EC Gantman… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The current research paradigm for Huntington's disease is based on participants with overt
clinical phenotypes and does not address its pathophysiology nor the biomarker changes …

Disordered decision making: a cognitive framework for apathy and impulsivity in huntington's disease

LA Morris, C O'Callaghan, C Le Heron - Movement Disorders, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A caregiver's all‐too‐familiar narrative‐“He doesn't think through what he does, but mostly
he does nothing.” Apathy and impulsivity, debilitating and poorly understood, commonly co …

Suicidal ideation and behavior in Huntington's disease: Systematic review and recommendations

ZR Kachian, S Cohen-Zimerman, D Bega… - Journal of affective …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background An increased risk of suicide in Huntington's disease (HD) patients is well
documented, with rates significantly higher than those of the general population as well as …

Medial prefrontal transcranial alternating current stimulation for apathy in Huntington's disease

MC Davis, AT Hill, PB Fitzgerald, NW Bailey… - Progress in Neuro …, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigated the effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) targeted to
the bilateral medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and administered at either delta or alpha …

[HTML][HTML] Lateral parietal cortex in the generation of behavior: Implications for apathy

S Tumati, S Martens, BM de Jong, A Aleman - Progress in neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
A reduction in goal-directed behavior, or apathy, occurs in neurological and psychiatric
disorders, though its neural substrates remain unclear. Deficits in circuits connecting the …

Apathy predicts rate of cognitive decline over 24 months in premanifest Huntington's disease

SC Andrews, DR Langbehn, D Craufurd… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundCognitive impairment is a core feature of Huntington's disease (HD), however,
the onset and rate of cognitive decline is highly variable. Apathy is the most common …

Imbalanced basal ganglia connectivity is associated with motor deficits and apathy in Huntington's disease

A Nair, A Razi, S Gregory, RB Rutledge, G Rees… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The gating of movement depends on activity within the cortico-striato-thalamic loops. Within
these loops, emerging from the cells of the striatum, run two opponent pathways—the direct …

Frequency and pathophysiology of apathy in Huntington disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Abdollah Zadegan, HM Coco… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Neuropsych Assoc
Objective: Apathy is a common behavioral symptom of Huntington disease (HD). This
systematic review describes current evidence on the pathophysiology, assessment, and …

Non-motor symptoms in Huntington's disease: a comparative study with Parkinson's disease

T Aldaz, P Nigro, A Sánchez-Gómez, C Painous… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background/aims The presence of non-motor symptoms in Huntington's disease (HD) has
not been systematically assessed so far. Our objective was to know their prevalence and to …

[HTML][HTML] White matter cortico-striatal tracts predict apathy subtypes in Huntington's disease

AE De Paepe, J Sierpowska, C Garcia-Gorro… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Apathy is the neuropsychiatric syndrome that correlates most highly with
Huntington's disease progression, and, like early patterns of neurodegeneration, is …