TY - JOUR
T1 - Transcranial magnetic stimulation and functional magnet resonance imaging evaluation of adductor spasmodic dysphonia during phonation
AU - Chen, Mo
AU - Summers, Rebekah L.S.
AU - Prudente, Cecília N.
AU - Goding, George S.
AU - Samargia-Grivette, Sharyl
AU - Ludlow, Christy L.
AU - Kimberley, Teresa J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s)
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - Background: Reduced intracortical inhibition is a neurophysiologic finding in focal dystonia that suggests a broader problem of impaired cortical excitability within the brain. A robust understanding of the neurophysiology in dystonia is essential to elucidate the pathophysiology of the disorder and develop new treatments. The cortical silent period (cSP) is a reliable, non-invasive method to measure intracortical inhibition in the primary motor cortex associated with a muscle of interest. In adductor spasmodic dysphonia (AdSD), cSP of the laryngeal motor cortex (LMC) which directly corresponds to the affected musculature, the thyroarytenoid (TA), has not been examined. Objective: This work evaluated the cSP of the LMC and the relationship between cSP and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) activation in people with AdSD (n = 12) compared to healthy controls (CTL, n = 14). Results: Shortened LMC cSP were observed bilaterally in people with AdSD vs CTL (F(1, 99) = 19.5226, p < 0.0001), with a large effect size (η2 = 0.1834). Between-group fMRI analysis revealed greater activation in bilateral LMC in the AdSD > CTL contrast as compared to CTL > AdSD contrast. Correlation analysis showed that people with AdSD have positive correlation of left LMC BOLD activation and the cSP. Further, the right LMC cSP lacks either positive or negative associations with BOLD activation. CTL individuals displayed both positive and negative correlations between cSP and BOLD activation in the left LMC. In CTL, the LMC cSP and BOLD activation showed exclusively negative correlations in both hemispheres. Conclusion: In AdSD, the cortical activation during phonation may not be efficiently or effectively associated with inhibitory processes, leading to muscular dysfunction. These findings may give insight into the maladaptive cortical control during phonation in people with AdSD.
AB - Background: Reduced intracortical inhibition is a neurophysiologic finding in focal dystonia that suggests a broader problem of impaired cortical excitability within the brain. A robust understanding of the neurophysiology in dystonia is essential to elucidate the pathophysiology of the disorder and develop new treatments. The cortical silent period (cSP) is a reliable, non-invasive method to measure intracortical inhibition in the primary motor cortex associated with a muscle of interest. In adductor spasmodic dysphonia (AdSD), cSP of the laryngeal motor cortex (LMC) which directly corresponds to the affected musculature, the thyroarytenoid (TA), has not been examined. Objective: This work evaluated the cSP of the LMC and the relationship between cSP and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) activation in people with AdSD (n = 12) compared to healthy controls (CTL, n = 14). Results: Shortened LMC cSP were observed bilaterally in people with AdSD vs CTL (F(1, 99) = 19.5226, p < 0.0001), with a large effect size (η2 = 0.1834). Between-group fMRI analysis revealed greater activation in bilateral LMC in the AdSD > CTL contrast as compared to CTL > AdSD contrast. Correlation analysis showed that people with AdSD have positive correlation of left LMC BOLD activation and the cSP. Further, the right LMC cSP lacks either positive or negative associations with BOLD activation. CTL individuals displayed both positive and negative correlations between cSP and BOLD activation in the left LMC. In CTL, the LMC cSP and BOLD activation showed exclusively negative correlations in both hemispheres. Conclusion: In AdSD, the cortical activation during phonation may not be efficiently or effectively associated with inhibitory processes, leading to muscular dysfunction. These findings may give insight into the maladaptive cortical control during phonation in people with AdSD.
KW - Adductor spasmodic dysphonia
KW - Cortical silent period
KW - Laryngeal motor cortex
KW - Thyroarytenoid, laryngeal dystonia
KW - Transcranial magnetic stimulation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.brs.2020.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.brs.2020.03.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 32289724
AN - SCOPUS:85082814870
SN - 1935-861X
VL - 13
SP - 908
EP - 915
JO - Brain Stimulation
JF - Brain Stimulation
IS - 3
ER -