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Spinal lesion level in spina bifida: a source of neural and cognitive heterogeneity.

Abstract：

OBJECT:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the level of a spinal lesion is associated with variations in anomalous brain development and neurobehavioral outcomes in children suffering from the meningomyelocele form of spina bifida and hydrocephalus (SBM-H). METHODS:Two hundred sixty-eight children with SBM-H were divided into upper (T-12 and above; 82 patients) and lower (L-1 and below; 186 patients) lesion-level groups. Magnetic resonance images were qualitatively coded by radiologists and quantitatively segmented for cerebrum and cerebellum volumes. Psychometric assessments of handedness, intelligence, academic skills, and adaptive behavior were compared between lesion-level groups and also used to determine the number of children who met research-based criteria for mental retardation, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and learning disabilities. The magnetic resonance images obtained in children with upper-level spinal lesions demonstrated more qualitative abnormalities in the midbrain and tectum, pons, and splenium, although not in the cerebellum, compared with images obtained in children with lower-level spinal lesions. Upper-level lesions were also associated with reductions in cerebrum and cerebellum volumes, lower scores on measures of intelligence, academic skills, and adaptive behavior, and with a higher frequency of individuals meeting the criteria for mental retardation. Hispanic children (who were also more economically disadvantaged) were more likely to have upper-level lesions and poorer neurobehavioral outcomes, but lesion-level effects were generally independent of ethnicity. CONCLUSIONS:A higher level of spinal lesion in SBM-H is a marker for more severe anomalous brain development, which is in turn associated with poorer neurobehavioral outcomes in a wide variety of domains that determine levels of independent functioning for these children at home and school.

journal_name

J Neurosurg

journal_title

Journal of neurosurgery

authors

Fletcher JM,Copeland K,Frederick JA,Blaser SE,Kramer LA,Northrup H,Hannay HJ,Brandt ME,Francis DJ,Villarreal G,Drake JM,Laurent JP,Townsend I,Inwood S,Boudousquie A,Dennis M

doi

10.3171/ped.2005.102.3.0268

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-04-01 00:00:00

pages

268-79

issue

3 Suppl

eissn

0022-3085

issn

1933-0693

journal_volume

102

pub_type

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Spinal lesion level in spina bifida: a source of neural and cognitive heterogeneity.