Essential Tremor versus "ET-plus": A Detailed Postmortem Study of Cerebellar Pathology

被引:27
作者
Gionco, John T. [1 ,2 ]
Hartstone, Whitney G. [1 ,2 ]
Martuscello, Regina T. [1 ,2 ]
Kuo, Sheng-Han [3 ]
Faust, Phyllis L. [1 ,2 ]
Louis, Elan D. [4 ]
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Pathol & Cell Biol, New York, NY USA
[2] New York Presbyterian Hosp, New York, NY USA
[3] Columbia Univ, Dept Neurol, Vagelos Coll Phys & Surg, New York, NY USA
[4] Univ Texas Southwestern, Dept Neurol, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
Essential tremor; Cerebellum; ET-plus; Pathology; Classification;
D O I
10.1007/s12311-021-01263-6
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Essential tremor (ET) is among the most prevalent movement disorders, and by some accounts, the most common form of cerebellar degeneration. Over the past 15 years, we have carefully documented a large number of postmortem changes within the cerebellum; these cerebellar changes differ significantly between ET and controls. A recent Consensus Classification of tremor proposed that ET patients with other neurological signs aside from action tremor (e.g., parkinsonism, ataxia, cognitive changes, dystonia) should be segregated off as "ET-plus". This diagnostic concept has raised considerable controversy and its validity is not yet established. Indeed, "ET-plus" has not been distinguished from ET based on differences in genetics, pathology or prognosis. Here we determine whether ET cases differ from "ET-plus" cases in underlying pathological changes in the postmortem brain. We examined postmortem brains from 50 ET cases (24 ET and 26 ET-plus), using a set of 14 quantitative metrics of cerebellar pathology determined by histologic and immunohistochemical methods. These metrics reflect changes across the Purkinje cell (PC) body (PC counts, empty baskets, heterotopias), PC dendrites (swellings), PC axon (torpedoes and associated axonal changes), basket cell axonal hypertrophy and climbing fiber-PC dendrite synaptic changes. ET and ET-plus were similar with respect to 13 of 14 cerebellar pathologic metrics (p > 0.05). Only one metric, the linear density of thickened PC axon profiles, differed between these groups (ET = 0.529 +/- 0.397, ET-plus = 0.777 +/- 0.477, p = 0.013), although after correcting for multiple comparisons, there were no differences. If ET-plus were indeed a different entity, then the underlying pathological basis should be distinct from that of ET. This study demonstrated there were no pathological differences in cerebellar cortex between ET versus ET-plus cases. These data do not support the notion that ET and ET-plus represent distinct clinical-pathological entities.
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页数:9
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