Pezzoli, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-2429-7334, Cagnin, A., Antonini, A. et al. (1 more author) (2019) Frontal and subcortical contribution to visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease. Postgraduate Medicine, 131 (7). pp. 509-522. ISSN 0032-5481
Abstract
Objectives. Visual hallucinations (VH) are common in Lewy body disease (LBD), and have been associated with cognitive and structural brain alterations. Evidence so far concerns mainly Parkinson’s disease (PD), but little is known about symptom-specific pathophysiological mechanisms across the LBD spectrum, especially related to the presence of dementia. The aim of the present pilot study was to investigate the neuroanatomical, and neuropsychological characteristics related to VH in two forms of LBD, namely dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and PD without dementia.
Methods. Whole brain voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analyses on 3D MRI acquired structural brain scans, and neuropsychological testing were performed on 28 clinically diagnosed DLB (11 with VH, 17 NVH), and 24 PD (9 with VH, and 15 NVH) patients. In order to assess differences in grey matter (GM) regional volumes, and cognitive performance, hallucinating patients for each group were compared with corresponding non-hallucinating ones.
Results. DLB patients with VH presented significantly worse visual attention deficits compared to those without, which persisted even when controlling for visual perception. Whole brain VBM analysis revealed decreased GM volume in DLB with VH in the right superior and medial frontal gyri, putamen, caudate nucleus and insula. Subcortical regional volumes were also significantly associated with visual attention performance. Hallucinating PD patients, instead, presented more severe executive dysfunction, but VBM showed no volumetric differences between the two PD subgroups. Post hoc region of interest analyses revealed striatal GM loss in PD with VH.
Conclusion. Frontal and striatal GM atrophy may contribute to the emergence of VH in DLB, which may be fostered by the more severe attention deficits. Striatal GM loss and executive dysfunction, instead, appeared to underlie VH in PD without dementia.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Taylor & Francis. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Postgraduate Medicine. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | visual hallucinations; Lewy body; Parkinson’s disease; dementia with Lewy bodies; MRI; VBM; grey matter; frontal; striatum; attention; executive dysfunction |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2019 08:22 |
Last Modified: | 10 Dec 2021 11:06 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/00325481.2019.1656515 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:150096 |