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Peripheral arterial endothelial dysfunction of neurodegenerative diseases. Reviewed International journal

Yusuke Fukui, Nozomi Hishikawa, Jingwei Shang, Kota Sato, Yumiko Nakano, Ryuta Morihara, Yasuyuki Ohta, Toru Yamashita, Koji Abe

Journal of the neurological sciences 366 94 - 99 2016.7

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This study evaluates endothelial functions of neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease (PD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), multiple system atrophy (MSA) and spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA). The reactive hyperemia index (RHI) of peripheral arterial tonometry and serological data were compared between age- and gender-matched normal controls (n=302) and five disease groups (ALS; n=75, PD; n=180, PSP; n=30, MSA; n=35, SCA; n=53). Correlation analyses were performed in ALS with functional rating scale-revised (FRS-R), and in PD with the Hehn-Yahr scale (H-Y) and a heart to mediastinum ratio using (123)I-MIBG scintigraphy (MIBG). The RHI of ALS and PD, but not of PSP, MSA or SCA, were significantly lower than normal controls (p<0.01). ALS showed a negative correlation of RHI with serum triglycerides (TG) and immunoreactive insulin (IRI) levels, but not with disease severity (FRS-R) or rates of disease progression (∆FRS-R). On the other hand, PD showed a negative correlation of RHI with a progressive disease severity (H-Y) and a positive correlation of RHI with early/delayed MIBG scintigraphy, but not with serological data. The present study demonstrated significant declines of peripheral arterial endothelial functions in ALS and PD. The RHI of ALS was more correlated with disease duration and serum parameters while the RHI of PD was more correlated with disease severity and MIBG, suggesting different mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction.

DOI： 10.1016/j.jns.2016.04.042

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Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion Accelerates Alzheimer's Disease Pathology with Cerebrovascular Remodeling in a Novel Mouse Model. Reviewed International journal

Yun Zhai, Toru Yamashita, Yumiko Nakano, Zhuoran Sun, Jingwei Shang, Tian Feng, Ryuta Morihara, Yusuke Fukui, Yasuyuki Ohta, Nozomi Hishikawa, Koji Abe

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 53 ( 3 ) 893 - 905 2016.6

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Recently, aging societies have been showing an increasingly strong relationship between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (HP). In the present study, we created a new mouse model for AD with HP, and investigated its clinical and pathological characteristics. Alzheimer's disease transgenic mice (APP23) were subjected to bilateral common carotid arteries stenosis with ameroid constrictors for slowly progressive cerebral HP. In contrast to simple APP23 mice, cerebral HP exacerbated motor and cognitive dysfunctions with white matter lesions and meningo-parenchymal amyloid-β (Aβ) burdens. Strong cerebrovascular inflammation and severe amyloid angiopathy with cerebrovascular remodeling were also observed in APP23 + HP mouse brains. An acetylcholinesterase inhibitor galantamine improved such clinical dysfunctions, retrieved above neuropathological characteristics, and enhanced nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)-binding activity. The present study demonstrates that chronic cerebral HP enhanced cognitive/motor dysfunctions with parenchymal/cerebrovascular Aβ accumulation and cerebrovascular remodeling. These neuropathological abnormalities were greatly ameliorated by galantamine treatment associated with nAChR-mediated neuroprotection by allosterically potentiating ligand action.

DOI： 10.3233/JAD-160345

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Disruption of White Matter Integrity by Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion in Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model. Reviewed International journal

Yun Zhai, Toru Yamashita, Yumiko Nakano, Zhuoran Sun, Ryuta Morihara, Yusuke Fukui, Yasuyuki Ohta, Nozomi Hishikawa, Koji Abe

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 52 ( 4 ) 1311 - 9 2016.4

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A rapidly progressing aging society has raised attention to white matter lesions in Alzheimer's disease. In the present study, we applied an AD plus cerebral hypoperfusion (HP) mouse model and investigated the alternation of key protein molecules in the nodal, paranodal, and intermodal sites in the white matter as well as the efficacy of galantamine. Cerebral HP was induced in APP23 mice by bilateral common carotid arteries stenosis with ameroid constrictors. Compared with the wild type and simple APP23 mice, APP23 + HP mice showed a progressive loss of MAG and NF186 from 6 to 12 months, broken misdistribution of MBP, and extended relocation of Nav1.6 and AnkG beyond the primary nodal region in the corpus callosum. Such abnormal neuropathological processes were retrieved with galantamine treatment. The present study demonstrated that cerebral HP strongly disrupted white matter integrity (WMI) at intermodal, paranodal, and Ranvier's nodal sites which may be associated with cognitive decline. Galantamine treatment significantly protected such WMI probably by allosterically potentiating ligand action.

DOI： 10.3233/JAD-160120

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Thrombolysis with Low-Dose Tissue Plasminogen Activator 3-4.5 h After Acute Ischemic Stroke in Five Hospital Groups in Japan. Reviewed International journal

Ryuta Morihara, Syoichiro Kono, Kota Sato, Nozomi Hishikawa, Yasuyuki Ohta, Toru Yamashita, Kentaro Deguchi, Yasuhiro Manabe, Yoshiki Takao, Kenichi Kashihara, Satoshi Inoue, Hideki Kiriyama, Koji Abe

Translational stroke research 7 ( 2 ) 111 - 9 2016.4

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Clinical data from Japan on the safety and real-world outcomes of alteplase (tPA) thrombolysis in the extended therapeutic window are lacking. The aim of this study was to assess the safety and real-world outcomes of tPA administered within 3-4.5 h of stroke onset. The study comprised consecutive acute ischemic stroke patients (n = 177) admitted across five hospitals between September 2012 and August 2014. Patients received intravenous tPA within <3 or 3-4.5 h of stroke onset. Endovascular therapy was used for tPA-refractory patients. In the 3-4.5 h subgroup (31.6 % of patients), tPA was started 85 min later than the <3 h group (220 vs. 135 min, respectively). However, outcome measures were not significantly different between the <3 and 3-4.5 h subgroups for recanalization rate (67.8 vs. 57.1 %), symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (2.5 vs. 3.6 %), modified Rankin Scale score of 0-1 at 3 months (36.0 vs. 23.4 %), and mortality (6.9 vs. 8.3 %). We present data from 2005 to 2012 using a therapeutic window <3 h showing comparable results. tPA following endovascular therapy with recanalization might be superior to tPA only with recanalization (81.0 vs. 59.1 %). Compared with administration within 3 h of ischemic stroke onset, tPA administration within 3-4.5 h of ischemic stroke onset in real-world stroke emergency settings at multiple sites in Japan is as safe and has the same outcomes.

DOI： 10.1007/s12975-016-0448-8

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Strong Impact of Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion on Neurovascular Unit, Cerebrovascular Remodeling, and Neurovascular Trophic Coupling in Alzheimer's Disease Model Mouse. Reviewed International journal

Jingwei Shang, Toru Yamashita, Yun Zhai, Yumiko Nakano, Ryuta Morihara, Yusuke Fukui, Nozomi Hishikawa, Yasuyuki Ohta, Koji Abe

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 52 ( 1 ) 113 - 26 2016.3

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Although chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH) may affect Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis, the mechanism remains elusive. In the present study, we investigated the role of CCH on an AD mouse model in neurovascular unit, cerebrovascular remodeling, and neurovascular trophic coupling. Moreover, examined protective effect of galantamine. Alzheimer's disease transgenic mice (APP23) were subjected to bilateral common carotid arteries stenosis with ameroid constrictors for slowly progressive cerebral hypoperfusion. CCH exacerbated neuronal loss and decrease of α7 subunit of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7-nAChRs) expression in hippocampus and thalamus at 12 months. Meanwhile, CCH greatly induced advanced glycation end products expression, and blood-brain barrier leakage through observing IgG and MMP9 expressions. Furthermore, a significant number of dramatic enlarged cerebral vessels with remodeling, BDNF/TrkB decreased in neurovascular trophic coupling. The present study demonstrated that CCH strongly enhanced primary AD pathology including neurodegeneration, neurovascular unit disruption, cerebrovascular remodeling and neurovascular trophic coupling damage in AD mice, and that galantamine treatment greatly ameliorated such neuropathologic abnormalities.

DOI： 10.3233/JAD-151126

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'PrP systemic deposition disease': Clinical and pathological characteristics of novel familial prion disease with 2-bp deletion in codon 178 Reviewed

K. Matsuzono, H. Honda, K. Sato, R. Morihara, K. Deguchi, N. Hishikawa, T. Yamashita, S. Kono, Y. Ohta, T. Iwaki, K. Abe

European Journal of Neurology 23 ( 1 ) 196 - 200 2016.1

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Background and purpose: A novel TYPE of prion disease associated mainly with autonomic-sensory polyneuropathy was reported by us previously. Methods: Here the autopsy pathology for patient 1 (the sister) and the clinical characteristics of her younger brother (patient 2) are newly reported. Polymerase chain reaction based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the prion protein gene (PRNP) was performed on both patients and their father (normal control). Results: Polymerase chain reaction based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis revealed a 2-bp deletion (CT) in codon 178 that causes an additional variable 25 amino acids at the C terminal, from the mutation site to the premature stop codon at codon 203, in both patients 1 and 2 but not in their father. The autopsy of patient 1 showed remarkable prion protein (PrP) deposits in the sympathetic ganglion and peripheral nerves, correlated to her severe autonomic sensory failure. PrP deposits were also found in the central nervous system and peripheral organs such as the heart, lung, stomach, jejunum, ileum, colon, urinary bladder and adrenal gland. The symptoms and biopsy findings of patient 2 were nearly the same as those reported previously for patient 1. His cognitive function was well preserved, but autonomic functions were severely impaired. His biopsied samples showed PrP deposits in the sural nerve and nerve plexuses of the stomach and colon. Conclusion: The present unique 2-bp deletion (CT) in codon 178 induced a 'PrP systemic deposition disease' such as pan-autonomic failure, sensory neuropathy and mild cognitive impairment with a specific pathology.

DOI： 10.1111/ene.12905

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PrP systemic deposition disease': clinical and pathological characteristics of novel familial prion disease with 2-bp deletion in codon 178. Reviewed

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Characteristic diffusion tensor tractography in multiple system atrophy with predominant cerebellar ataxia and cortical cerebellar atrophy. Reviewed International journal

Yusuke Fukui, Nozomi Hishikawa, Kota Sato, Yumiko Nakano, Ryuta Morihara, Yasuyuki Ohta, Toru Yamashita, Koji Abe

Journal of neurology 263 ( 1 ) 61 - 7 2016.1

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The objective of this study is to determine whether diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography analysis is a potential method for differentiating cerebellar ataxia patients with multiple system atrophy with predominant cerebellar ataxia (MSA-C) and cortical cerebellar atrophy (CCA). Forty-one MSA-C patients (62.7 ± 8.1 years old, mean ± SD) and age- and gender-matched 15 CCA patients (63.0 ± 8.6 years old) were examined.Tractography was performed using the DTI track module provided in the MedINRIA version 1.9.4, and regions of interest were drawn manually to reconstruct an efferent fiber tract and two afferent fiber tracts via the cerebellum. Compared with CCA, MSA-C patients showed significant declines of fractional anisotropy (FA) values of afferent 1 and 2 (p<0.01, respectively) and a significant increase of the radial diffusivity (RD) value in afferent 1 (p<0.05). Receiver-operator characteristic curve analysis showed 85.7 % sensitivity and 75.0 % specificity of FA values in afferent 1 (cutoff value 0.476). Linear regressions showed strong correlations between FA value and disease duration in CCA patients (efferent 1, r = -0.466; afferent 2, r = -0.543; both p<0.05), and between the FA value and the ratio of the standardized scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia (SARA)/disease duration in MSA-C patients (afferent 1, r = -0.407; p<0.01). The present DTI tractography newly showed that the FA values of two afferent fiber tracts showed significant declines in MSA-C patients, and afferent 1 showed good diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. When combining the FA values of efferent 1 with disease duration, the present DTI tractography analysis could be useful for differentiating MSA-C and CCA patients.

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High Incidence of Dementia Conversion than Stroke Recurrence in Poststroke Patients of Late Elder Society. Reviewed International journal

Yumiko Nakano, Kentaro Deguchi, Toru Yamashita, Ryuta Morihara, Kosuke Matsuzono, Yuko Kawahara, Kota Sato, Syoichiro Kono, Nozomi Hishikawa, Yasuyuki Ohta, Yasuto Higashi, Yoshiki Takao, Koji Abe

Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association 24 ( 7 ) 1621 - 8 2015.7

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BACKGROUND: This study investigated the incidence of current poststroke dementia (PSD), the annual conversion ratio into PSD, and the risk factors for conversion. METHODS: In a 4.8-year follow-up period, 112 poststroke patients (ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage) were retrospectively investigated in cognitive examinations. They were categorized into 3 subgroups: converters into PSD, nonconverters who maintained their normal cognitive functions, and reverters who recovered to the normal mentality range. The clinical and demographic characteristics of these 3 subgroups were analyzed. RESULTS: Among all 112 poststroke patients (61.6% male, 73.6 ± 10.4 years old), 16.1% had PSD. During the follow-up period, a part of the normal baseline mentality group (83.9% of 112 original patients) newly developed PSD (subdivided into converters) with an annual conversion rate of 7.6%. The reversion rate from the baseline PSD group was 11.3%. There were significant differences in age (P < .05), baseline mini-mental state examination scores (P < .05), body mass index (P < .05), and periventricular and deep white matter hyperintensity grades (P < .05 and P = .01, respectively) between converters and nonconverters. The annual rate of stroke recurrence was only 2.2% in all stroke subtypes. CONCLUSIONS: In comparison with stroke recurrence (2.2%), 7.6% of the annual PSD conversion rate was very high. Therefore, prevention of direct conversion into PSD without stroke recurrence may be another important aspect of poststroke clinics, especially in late elder society.

DOI： 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.03.037

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Estimation of the Presence of Small Dense Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Reviewed International journal

Yasuhiro Manabe, Ryuta Morihara, Kosuke Matsuzono, Yumiko Nakano, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Hisashi Narai, Nobuhiko Omori, Koji Abe

Neurology international 7 ( 1 ) 5973 - 5973 2015.3

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Small dense low-density lipoprotein (sdLDL) is an established risk factor in ischemic heart disease. However, its clinical significance in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is uncertain. This study evaluates the prognostic value of the presence of sdLDL in patients with AIS by determining whether it contributes to clinical outcome or not. We studied 530 consecutive patients admitted within the first 48 hours after onset of ischemic stroke and 50 corresponding controls. Serum lipid parameters were measured on admission by standard laboratory methods. The percentage of AIS patients with sdLDL was significantly higher than the one of matched controls with sdLDL. Concerning comparisons between AIS patients with or without sdLDL, the percentages of males and patients with histories of smoking, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease were significantly higher in AIS patients with sdLDL. Concerning the grade of severity, modified Rankin Scale (mRS) on discharge was significantly higher in AIS patients with sdLDL. On logistic regression analysis, age (OR=2.29, P<0.001), male gender (OR=0.49, P<0.01), history of atrial fibrillation (OR=3.46, P<0.001), and the presence of sdLDL (OR=1.59, P<0.05) were significantly associated with poor prognosis (mRS on discharge >3). Our study showed that the presence of sdLDL might be independently associated with a poor prognosis after AIS.

DOI： 10.4081/ni.2015.5973

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Selective disappearance of medial back muscles in a case of myotonic dystrophy type 1. Reviewed International journal

Ryuta Morihara, Nozomi Hishikawa, Toru Yamashita, Kentaro Deguchi, Tomoko Kurata, Koji Abe

Journal of the neurological sciences 353 ( 1-2 ) 185 - 6 2015.1

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Here, we report a unique case of late-onset myotonic dystrophy type 1 in a 64-year-old woman, with selective disappearance of the medial lower back muscles. We compared the clinical features of this patient with those of a cohort of 29 patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 to clarify the correlation between clinical features and lower back muscle atrophy. After classification into three subgroups according to muscle atrophy pattern, medial muscle atrophy was present in 17.2% of the patients. Affected patients were older at onset than non-affected patients, and limb muscle power and respiratory function decreased with atrophy progression.

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Comprehensive Clinical Evaluations of Frontotemporal Dementia Contrasting to Alzheimer's Disease (oFTD Study). Reviewed International journal

Kosuke Matsuzono, Nozomi Hishikawa, Toru Yamashita, Yasuyuki Ohta, Kota Sato, Shoichiro Kono, Kentaro Deguchi, Ryuta Morihara, Koji Abe

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 48 ( 1 ) 279 - 86 2015.1

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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: To examine comprehensive clinical evaluations of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) patients compared with Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. METHODS: We used eight batteries and the touch panel test to retrospectively analyze 41 FTD patients compared with 121 AD patients. Furthermore, 34 FTD and all 121 AD patients were evaluated with a frontotemporal dementia-Alzheimer's disease index (FA index), which we developed for novel diagnosis with magnetic resonance imaging. RESULTS: Frontal assessment battery, geriatric depression scale, and Abe's behavioral and psychological symptom of dementia score were significantly worse in FTD patients than in AD patients ( **p < 0.01 in FAB, **p < 0.01 in the geriatric depression scale, and ***p < 0.001 in Abe's behavioral and psychological symptom of dementia score), although there was no significant difference in the other five scores. The finding mistakes game score of the touch panel test was worse in FTD than in AD ( *p < 0.05). The receiver operating characteristic curve of the FA index showed 91.4% sensitivity and 89.3% specificity with the FA index ≤0.6015 to discriminate FTD from AD. CONCLUSION: Combining clinical scores, a computerized touch panel test, and the FA index will help to provide a more accurate diagnosis of FTD in contrast to AD.

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Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) findings of a patient with a novel prion mutation. Reviewed

Kosuke Matsuzono, Ryuta Morihara, Kota Sato, Nozomi Hishikawa, Toru Yamashita, Kentaro Deguchi, Koji Abe

Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 54 ( 1 ) 79 - 82 2015.1

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We experienced a unique case of familial prion disease with a prion gene mutation that caused pan-autonomic failure, sensory neuropathy and mild cognitive impairment. No abnormal sites of intensity were observed on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance image (MRI) over six to 11 years or fluid attenuated inversion recovery MRI at six or nine years. However, (99m)Tc-ethylcysteinate dimer single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) showed a decreased cerebral blood flow in the bilateral parietal and occipital lobes at nine years, which then expanded at 11 years, corresponding to mild atrophy in these areas on MRI. In some cases of prion mutations, particularly the slowly progressive type, SPECT may show abnormalities, while MRI does not.

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緩徐に進行し診断に苦慮した、EGFR遺伝子変異陽性でEGFR-TKIが奏効したびまん性細気管支肺胞上皮癌の1例

原田大二郎, 森原隆太, 亀井治人

肺癌 52 ( 5 ) 761 - 761 2012.10

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