Regional cortical thinning in preclinical Huntington disease and its relationship to cognition.

Rosas, H D; Hevelone, N D; Zaleta, A K; Greve, D N; Salat, D H; Fischl, B · Neurology · 2005

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

The authors studied presymptomatic individuals with the Huntington disease (HD) mutation to determine whether cortical thinning was present. They found thinning that was regionally selective, semi-independent of striatal volume loss, and correlated with cognitive performance. Early, extensive cortical involvement occurs during the preclinical stages of HD.

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