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Psychiatric symptoms and TDP-43 pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2024 September 18
BACKGROUND: ALS is not a pure motor neuron disease but co-occurs with cognitive impairment and psychiatric symptoms. The neuropathological origin of the psychiatric symptoms is unclear. This study examined the association between the psychiatric symptoms and neuropathology of ALS.
METHODS: We investigated the clinicopathological characteristics of 15 autopsy cases of ALS, including neuronal loss, gliosis, and the burden of TDP-43 pathology. We divided TDP-43-positive structures by morphology into four categories (neuronal cytoplasmic inclusion, dystrophic neurite, dot, and glial cytoplasmic inclusion) and gave each a semiquantitative score in nine brain regions. Braak neurofibrillary tangle stage, Thal amyloid phase, Lewy-related pathology, and argyrophilic grains were also assessed.
RESULTS: Of the 15 ALS patients, seven had presented with psychiatric symptoms and eight had not. Significantly higher TDP-43 pathology scores were found in the group with psychiatric symptoms in the temporal tip, transentorhinal cortex, entorhinal cortex, subiculum, and the hippocampal CA1 region and dentate gyrus. Cognitive impairment was not significantly associated with the degree of TDP-43 pathology. There were no significant differences in the degree of neuronal loss/gliosis or in other concurrent pathologies between patients with and without psychiatric symptoms. Morphological evaluation showed that neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions, dystrophic neurites, and dots tended to be more common in the group with psychiatric symptoms.
CONCLUSION: Psychiatric symptoms in ALS may be related to TDP-43 pathology in the perforant pathway. (224 words).
METHODS: We investigated the clinicopathological characteristics of 15 autopsy cases of ALS, including neuronal loss, gliosis, and the burden of TDP-43 pathology. We divided TDP-43-positive structures by morphology into four categories (neuronal cytoplasmic inclusion, dystrophic neurite, dot, and glial cytoplasmic inclusion) and gave each a semiquantitative score in nine brain regions. Braak neurofibrillary tangle stage, Thal amyloid phase, Lewy-related pathology, and argyrophilic grains were also assessed.
RESULTS: Of the 15 ALS patients, seven had presented with psychiatric symptoms and eight had not. Significantly higher TDP-43 pathology scores were found in the group with psychiatric symptoms in the temporal tip, transentorhinal cortex, entorhinal cortex, subiculum, and the hippocampal CA1 region and dentate gyrus. Cognitive impairment was not significantly associated with the degree of TDP-43 pathology. There were no significant differences in the degree of neuronal loss/gliosis or in other concurrent pathologies between patients with and without psychiatric symptoms. Morphological evaluation showed that neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions, dystrophic neurites, and dots tended to be more common in the group with psychiatric symptoms.
CONCLUSION: Psychiatric symptoms in ALS may be related to TDP-43 pathology in the perforant pathway. (224 words).
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