Background: Monoaminergic network dysfunction may have a role in multiple sclerosis (MS) fatigue pathogenesis. Objective: To investigate modifications of fatigue severity and resting state (RS) functional connectivity (FC) in monoaminergic networks of 45 fatigued MS patients after different symptomatic treatments. Methods: Patients were randomly, blindly assigned to fampridine (n = 15), amantadine (n = 15) or placebo (n = 15) treatment and underwent clinical and 3T-MRI evaluations at baseline (t0) and week 4 (w4), i.e. after four weeks of treatment. Fifteen healthy controls (HC) were enrolled. Dopamine-, noradrenaline- and serotonin-related RS FC was assessed by PET-guided constrained independent component analysis. Results: At t0, MS patients showed widespread monoamine-related RS FC abnormalities. At w4, fatigue scores decreased in all groups (p = range < 0.001-0.002). Concomitantly, fampridine and amantadine patients showed increased insular RS FC in dopamine-related and noradrenaline-related networks (p < 0.001, uncorrected). Amantadine patients also showed increased RS FC of anterior cingulate cortex in dopamine-related and noradrenaline-related networks (p < 0.001, uncorrected). Placebo patients showed increased precuneus/middle cingulate RS FC in the noradrenaline-related network (p < 0.001, uncorrected). In fampridine and placebo patients, just tendencies towards correlations between RS FC and fatigue modifications were found. Conclusions: In MS patients, specific RS FC modifications in PET-guided monoaminergic networks were observed, concomitantly with fatigue improvements following treatment. Trial registration number: EudraCT 2010-023678-38.
Functional connectivity modifications in monoaminergic circuits occur in fatigued MS patients treated with fampridine and amantadine / Rocca, Maria A; Valsasina, Paola; Lamanna, Maria Teresa; Colombo, Bruno; Martinelli, Vittorio; Filippi, Massimo. - In: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0340-5354. - 270:10(2023), pp. 4697-4706. [10.1007/s00415-023-11858-0]
Functional connectivity modifications in monoaminergic circuits occur in fatigued MS patients treated with fampridine and amantadine
Rocca, Maria A
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;Filippi, MassimoUltimo
2023-01-01
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Background: Monoaminergic network dysfunction may have a role in multiple sclerosis (MS) fatigue pathogenesis. Objective: To investigate modifications of fatigue severity and resting state (RS) functional connectivity (FC) in monoaminergic networks of 45 fatigued MS patients after different symptomatic treatments. Methods: Patients were randomly, blindly assigned to fampridine (n = 15), amantadine (n = 15) or placebo (n = 15) treatment and underwent clinical and 3T-MRI evaluations at baseline (t0) and week 4 (w4), i.e. after four weeks of treatment. Fifteen healthy controls (HC) were enrolled. Dopamine-, noradrenaline- and serotonin-related RS FC was assessed by PET-guided constrained independent component analysis. Results: At t0, MS patients showed widespread monoamine-related RS FC abnormalities. At w4, fatigue scores decreased in all groups (p = range < 0.001-0.002). Concomitantly, fampridine and amantadine patients showed increased insular RS FC in dopamine-related and noradrenaline-related networks (p < 0.001, uncorrected). Amantadine patients also showed increased RS FC of anterior cingulate cortex in dopamine-related and noradrenaline-related networks (p < 0.001, uncorrected). Placebo patients showed increased precuneus/middle cingulate RS FC in the noradrenaline-related network (p < 0.001, uncorrected). In fampridine and placebo patients, just tendencies towards correlations between RS FC and fatigue modifications were found. Conclusions: In MS patients, specific RS FC modifications in PET-guided monoaminergic networks were observed, concomitantly with fatigue improvements following treatment. Trial registration number: EudraCT 2010-023678-38.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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