Cortical thickness in provisional and chronic tic disorder
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Background: Structural MRI studies have found thinner cortex in Tourette syndrome (TS) than in tic-free controls (TFC) in several cortical regions. Whether this thinning precedes or follows the first tic is unknown. Cortical thickness has not been reported in patients with a tic disorder less than one year in duration (Provisional Tic Disorder, PTD).
Objectives: Compare regional cortical thickness in TS, PTD and TFC.
Methods: T1-weighted brain MRI was acquired in 391 children 5-10 years old: 83 with PTD, 103 with TS, and 205 TFC. FreeSurfer measured cortical thickness in 34 cortical regions in each hemisphere. An ANCOVA compared regional cortical thickness between groups, controlling for age, sex, handedness and intracranial volume and correcting for multiple comparisons with Holm’s method.
Results: Brain volume and mean cortical thickness differed significantly among groups (TS < PTD < TFC). That pattern was observed in 34 of 68 cortical regions, including in the subset of highest quality images acquired with prospective motion correction. The typical developmental cortical thinning from age 5.0-11.0 occurred 2–3 times faster in the tic groups. Predicted cortical thickness in the PTD group at tic onset was identical to the TFC group, but diminished over time to match the TS group at one year after tic onset.
Conclusion: These data from one of the largest imaging studies of tic disorders suggest that the thinner cortex in TS develops after rather than before tics begin. As such, it is more likely to represent a consequence rather than a cause of tics. We hypothesize that it may reflect earlier maturation of inhibitory circuits because of extended experience suppressing tics.
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Funding
- Training Investigators in Neuroimaging and Neuropsychiatry of Movement Disorders K24MH087913
- National Institute of Mental Health
- The New Tics Study: A Novel Approach to Pathophysiology and Cause of Tic Disorders R01MH104030
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Tourette Syndrome genetics and neuroimaging international collaborative study R01MH126213
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Tracking Neurodegeneration in Early Wolfram Syndrome R01HD070855
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- EARLY PREDICTORS OF BRAIN HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN YOUTH WITH T1DM R01DK064832
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- PREDICTING OUTCOME IN CHILDREN WITH NEW-ONSET TICS USING NEUROIMAGING DATA R21NS091635
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- PREDICTING OUTCOME IN CHILDREN WITH TIC DISORDERS USING NEUROIMAGING DATA K01MH104592
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Cancer Center Support Grant P30CA091842
- National Cancer Institute
- WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES RESEARCH CENTER U54HD087011
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences UL1RR024992
- National Institutes of Health
- Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences UL1TR000448
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences UL1TR002345
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- Neuroimaging Laboratories Research Center of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and Washington University 1
- Washington University in St. Louis
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2024-09-06
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2024-09-11Added Amel Lilic as author