Miklos Palotai1, Catherine Small1, Nikolaos Makris2,3, Nathaniel G Somes2, Alfredo Morales Pinzon1, Yogesh Rathi2, Aldo Marzullo4, James J Levitt2, Rohit Bakshi5, Tanuja Chitnis5, Charles R G Guttmann1. 1. Center for Neurological Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 2. Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 3. Center for Morphometric Analysis, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 4. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy. 5. Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Lower reward responsiveness has been associated with fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, association of MS-related fatigue with damage to the mesocorticolimbic reward pathway (superolateral medial forebrain bundle [slMFB]) has not been assessed. We investigated the association of fatigue and depression with slMFB damage in MS patients stratified based on longitudinal fatigue patterns. METHODS: Patient stratification: 1. Sustained Fatigue (SF): latest two Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) ≥ 38 (n = 26); 2. Reversible Fatigue (RF): latest MFIS < 38, and at least one previous MFIS ≥ 38 (n = 25); 3. Never Fatigued (NF): ≥ 5 consecutive MFIS < 38 (n = 42); 4. Healthy Controls (n = 6). Diffusion MRI-derived measures of fractional anisotropy (FA), axial (AD), mean (MD), and radial diffusivity (RD) of the slMFB were compared between the groups. Depression was assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). RESULTS: Depressed (CES-D ≥ 16) SF patients showed significantly higher MD and RD than nondepressed SF and RF, and depressed RF patients, and significantly lower FA than nondepressed SF and depressed RF patients in their left slMFB. Depressed SF patients showed significantly higher left slMFB MD and AD than healthy controls. CONCLUSION: Microstructural changes to the left slMFB may play a role in the comorbid development of fatigue and depression in MS.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Lower reward responsiveness has been associated with fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, association of MS-related fatigue with damage to the mesocorticolimbic reward pathway (superolateral medial forebrain bundle [slMFB]) has not been assessed. We investigated the association of fatigue and depression with slMFB damage in MS patients stratified based on longitudinal fatigue patterns. METHODS: Patient stratification: 1. Sustained Fatigue (SF): latest two Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) ≥ 38 (n = 26); 2. Reversible Fatigue (RF): latest MFIS < 38, and at least one previous MFIS ≥ 38 (n = 25); 3. Never Fatigued (NF): ≥ 5 consecutive MFIS < 38 (n = 42); 4. Healthy Controls (n = 6). Diffusion MRI-derived measures of fractional anisotropy (FA), axial (AD), mean (MD), and radial diffusivity (RD) of the slMFB were compared between the groups. Depression was assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). RESULTS: Depressed (CES-D ≥ 16) SF patients showed significantly higher MD and RD than nondepressed SF and RF, and depressed RF patients, and significantly lower FA than nondepressed SF and depressed RF patients in their left slMFB. Depressed SF patients showed significantly higher left slMFB MD and AD than healthy controls. CONCLUSION: Microstructural changes to the left slMFB may play a role in the comorbid development of fatigue and depression in MS.
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