| Literature DB >> 32978893 |
Beatrice Heim1, Marina Peball1, Carsten Saft2, Sarah Maria von Hein2, Philipp Ellmerer1, Johanna Maria Piater1, Klaus Seppi1, Atbin Djamshidian1.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate cognitive flexibility in premanifest and manifest Huntington's disease (HD).Entities:
Keywords: Huntington's disease; decision making; information sampling; jumping to conclusions; perceptual decision making
Mesh:
Year: 2020 PMID: 32978893 PMCID: PMC7667290 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1843
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Behav Impact factor: 2.708
Demographic data
| HD | NEAR | FAR | HC |
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| Number | 22 | 16 | 13 | 26 | ‐ |
| Gender (male:female) | 9:13 | 10:6 | 4:9 | 17:9 | .23 |
| MoCA (± | 27.2 ± 1 | 28.3 ± 1.2 | 28.7 ± 1.3 | 29.3 ± 1.1 | <.001*** |
| Education (years) (± | 12.1 ± 3.7 | 15.5 ± 3.0 | 13.2 ± 3.2 | 14.9 ± 2.2 | .002** |
| Age (years) (± | 50.7 ± 9.9 | 39.7 ± 8.9 | 33.2 ± 5.1 | 40.7 ± 11.0 | <.001*** |
| CAG‐repeats (± | 44.4 ± 3.4 | 43.9 ± 2.9 | 41.9 ± 1.7 | ‐ | .058 |
| UHDRS‐TMS (± | 26.9 ± 14.0 | 3.3 ± 2.1 | 1.2 ± 1.4 | ‐ | <.001*** |
| YTO Langbehn (years) (± | ‐ | 10.9 ± 3.5 | 22.8 ± 5.6 | ‐ | <.001*** |
| Disease duration (years) (± | 3.8 ± 2.9 | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| TFC (± | 11.6 ± 1.2 | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
Abbreviations: CAG, cytosine, adenine, and guanine; FAR, carriers far to disease onset; HC, healthy controls; HD, patients with manifest Huntington's disease; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment battery; NEAR, carriers near to disease onset; SD, standard deviation; TFC, total functional capacity; UHDRS‐TMS, Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale Total Motor Score; YTO Langbehn, years to disease onset calculated with the Langbehn formula.
All values are mean ± standard deviation.
p‐value < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.
Neuropsychological tests, Bonferroni corrected
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| Beads task | |||||
| Total draws ( | 10.3 ± 15.4 | 21.5 ± 18.6 | 6.7 ± 15.8 | 9.5 ± 17.5 | <.001*** |
| Irrational decisions ( | 13 ± 1.9 | 0.3 ± 0.8 | 0.3 ± 0.9 | 0.4 ± 0.8 | .54 |
| TMT A (sec) ±SD | 117.9 ± 89.4 | 22.4 ± 5.5 | 27.9 ± 14.9 | 28.8 ± 10.0 | <.001*** |
| TMT B (sec) ±SD | 209.6 ± 80.1 | 56.1 ± 29.3 | 47.9 ± 18.7 | 53.4 ± 13.2 | <.001*** |
| SDMT ± SD | 20.7 ± 10.4 | 50.8 ± 8.2 | 55.3 ± 7.1 | 46.9 ± 10.1 | <.0001***i |
Abbreviations: HC, healthy controls; HD, patients with manifest Huntington's disease; NEAR, HD mutation carriers near to calculated disease onset; FAR, HD mutation carriers far to calculated disease onset; n, number; RT, reaction time; SD, standard deviation; sec, seconds; TMT A, trail making test part A; TMT B, trail making test part B.
All values are mean ± SD, except for “errors.”
Post hoc group comparisons were done when a significant main effect for group (p < .05) was revealed; all p‐values are corrected for age, education, MoCA, gender, and multiple comparisons (Bonferroni):
HD versus HC, p < .001***; HD versus FAR, p < .001***; HD versus NEAR, p < .001***; HC versus FAR, p = 1.0; HC versus NEAR, p = .001*** FAR versus NEAR, p = .013*.
HD versus HC, p = .92; HD versus FAR, p = 1.0; HD versus NEAR, p = 1.0; HC versus FAR, p = 1.0; HC versus NEAR, p = 1.0; FAR versus NEAR, p = 1.0.
HD versus HC, p = .007**; HD versus FAR, p = .007**; HD versus NEAR, p < .001***; HC versus FAR, p = 1.0; HC versus NEAR, p = 1.0; FAR versus NEAR, p = 1.0.
HD versus HC, p < .001***; HD versus FAR, p < .001***; HD versus NEAR, p < .001***; HC versus FAR, p = 1.0; HC versus NEAR, p = 1.0; FAR versus NEAR, p = 1.0.
Results of generalized linear model (Poisson) are reported as means ± SD.
Results of mixed model ANOVA are reported as means ± SD.
HD versus HC, p < .001***; HD versus FAR, p < .001***; HD versus NEAR, p < .001***; HC versus FAR, p = .143; HC versus NEAR, p = .63; FAR versus NEAR, p = 1.0.
p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001.
Figure 1Mean draws in the beads task compared by group. * p < .05; *** p < .001; HC, healthy controls; HD, patients with manifest Huntington’s disease; near_pre‐HD, premanifest HD mutation carriers near to estimated disease onset (<15 years); far_pre‐HD, premanifest HD mutation carriers far to estimated disease onset (>15 years)
Figure 2Opposite colour choice in the beads task by group. *** p < .001; HC, healthy controls; HD, patients with manifest Huntington’s disease; near_pre‐HD, premanifest HD mutation carriers near to estimated disease onset (<15 years); far_pre‐HD, premanifest HD mutation carriers far to estimated disease onset (>15 years)