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Abstract #5047

7T MRI in Tourette syndrome and correlations with clinical ratings

Dimitrios G. Gkotsoulias1, Anna Bujanow1, Simon Schmitt2, Henryk Barthel3, Kirsten Mueller-Vahl2, and Harald E. Moeller4
1NMR Group, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany, 2Clinic of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 3Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 4Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Synopsis

Keywords: Psychiatric Disorders, Quantitative Susceptibility mapping, QSM, 7T, Tourette Syndrome, Substantia Nigra, Basal GangliaIn this study, we used 7T MRI for identifying potential local associations of Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) with tic severity in patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS), as well as T1w volumes for VBM analysis of the cerebellum. Our results indicate direct correlations of tic severity with the QSM values in substantia nigra and other basal ganglia regions, supporting the hypothesis that iron imbalance play a significant role in neurotransmitter dysregulations that lead to the symptomatology of GTS. VBM results show previously unreported GM morphometry alterations in Crus-I, a cerebellar region implicated in visual-motor integration, attention and cognition.

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