| Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the thalamus in essential tremor patients. | |
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PMID: 16254402 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Although essential tremor (ET) is one of the most common movement disorders, its pathogenesis remains obscure. The ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (VIM nucleus) is suggested to play an important role in the occurrence of disease. In this study, the authors investigated the presence of biochemical or metabolic alterations in the thalamus of patients with ET using magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy. METHODS: The study group included 14 patients with ET who suffered from tremor predominantly in their right arm and 9 healthy controls. All patients and controls were right handed. Following conventional cranial MR imaging, single voxel proton MR spectroscopy of the thalamus involving the VIM nuclei was performed bilaterally in both the patients with ET and controls. Metabolite peaks of choline (Cho), creatine (Cr), and Nacetylaspartate (NAA) were obtained from each spectroscopic volume of interest. The right and left thalamic NAA/Cr and Cho/ Cr ratios were compared first within the patient group and then between the control and patient groups. The differences in age and spectroscopic data between groups were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test, whereas the comparison within groups between left thalamus and right thalamus was done by the Wilcoxon test. RESULTS: In patients with ET, the NAA/Cr ratio of the right thalamus was found to be significantly higher than the NAA/Cr ratio of the left thalamus (P= .02). However, NAA/Cr and Cho/Cr ratios were found to be similar (P> .05) when we compared the control and patient groups for the right thalamus and then the left thalamus. CONCLUSION: These data present preliminary evidence for metabolic alterations of the contralateral thalamus (namely, low NAA/Cr ratio) in ET patients with predominantly involved right arm. However, the series is small and further data are necessary to clear the subject adequately. |
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Authors:
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Ayse Tuba Karagülle Kendi; Funda Uysal Tan; Mustafa Kendi; Haydar Hüseyin Erdal; Serdar Tellioglu |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging Volume: 15 ISSN: 1051-2284 ISO Abbreviation: J Neuroimaging Publication Date: 2005 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-10-28 Completed Date: 2006-01-24 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9102705 Medline TA: J Neuroimaging Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 362-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Radiology Department, Kirirkkale University School of Medicine, Kirirkkale, Turkey. drtubakendi@yahoo.com |
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Adult Aspartic Acid / analogs & derivatives, analysis Choline / analysis Creatine / analysis Essential Tremor / diagnosis, metabolism* Female Humans Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy* Male Middle Aged Thalamus / chemistry* |
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Reg. No./Substance:
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56-84-8/Aspartic Acid; 57-00-1/Creatine; 62-49-7/Choline; 997-55-7/N-acetylaspartate |
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