Despite evidence indicating negative consequences of repetitive head impacts (RHIs) on the brain, the long-term effects remain largely unknown. Contact sports, such as football, expose players to multiple collisions. Professional sports players have undergone thousands of concussive and sub-concussive RHIs over their careers. In this study we used structural 3T MRI to evaluate cortical thickness of 86 former NFL players (mean age ± SD = 54.9 ± 7.9 years old) and 24 former professional non-contact sport athletes as controls (mean age ± SD =57.2 ± 6.9 years old). Cortical thickness was compared between groups using FreeSurfer. The NFL players displayed decreased cortical thickness in the right temporal lobe and fusiform gyrus (cluster-wise p-value=0.0003, 90% CI=0.0001-0.0005) and the left pre- and postcentral gyrus (cluster-wise p-value=0.0096, 90% CI=0.0084-0.0109). When looking only at NFL subjects impaired in measurements of mood and behavior (n=36) compared to controls, NFL players displayed a similar but more extensive cluster of decreased cortical thickness in the right temporal lobe and fusiform gyrus (cluster-wise p-value=0.0001, 90% CI=0.0000-0.0002) and in the left supramarginal gyrus and pre- and postcentral gyrus, (cluster-wise p-value=0.0002, 90% CI=0.0000-0.0004). Reduced cortical thickness in NFL players is suggestive of the long-term effects of RHIs. Still, future studies are necessary for examining the time-course of damage and the implications of regional cortical thinning.

Introdução: o crack é uma forma extremamente aditiva de cocaína, provocando intensa fissura e um comportamento persistente e intenso de busca pela droga com negligência da alimentação. A alimentação insuficiente pode levar à carência de tiamina. O uso de latas e folhas de alumínio na confecção de cachimbos para o consumo de crack aumenta a exposição de usuários de crack a este metal. Deficiência de tiamina somada a acúmulo cerebral de alumínio pode inibir o metabolismo energético dependente da glicose, levando à neurodegeneração e, possivelmente, à encefalopatia de Wernicke. Objetivos: avaliação dos níveis sanguíneos de tiamina difosfato e de alumínio de dependentes de crack e comparação com os de controles. Método: estudo transversal controlado, avaliou 35 dependentes de crack e 35 controles, do sexo masculino, com 18 anos ou mais. Os casos foram recrutados entre pacientes internados na Unidade de Adição do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre ou na Emergência em Saúde Mental IAPI, os controles foram recrutados entre as pessoas que circulam na área ambulatorial do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Todos participantes tiveram seu peso e estatura medidos e sangue coletado para determinação dos níveis de tiamina difosfato e de alumínio. Os casos passaram, também, por uma breve avaliação neurológica. Resultados: as características dos casos são semelhantes à amostra do principal estudo nacional sobre o uso de crack no Brasil: sexo masculino, cerca de 30 anos de idade, com baixa escolaridade, desempregados, usuários de múltiplas substâncias psicoativas, consumidores de crack há aproximadamente 8 anos. O índice de massa corporal dos casos foi significativamente mais baixo (p<0.0001). Seis casos (17.65%) apresentaram índice de massa corporal abaixo do normal. Dois casos apresentaram nível de tiamina abaixo dos valores de referência, enquanto os níveis dos controles estavam acima deste limite. Comparando os resultados do primeiro quartil do nível sanguíneo de tiamina dos casos (N= 9; mediana 3.6μg/dL, amplitude interquartil 3.05μg/dL -4.10μg/dL) com o dos controles (N=14, mediana 4.3μg/dL, amplitude interquartil 3.7μg/dL-4.4μg/dL), os casos apresentaram níveis significativamente mais baixos (p=0.024). Os níveis de alumínio dos casos que tiveram as amostras de sangue coletadas até 24h após o último consumo da substância, foram maiores (mediana1.85μg/L, amplitude interquartil0.65-4.425μg/L) que os dos controles (mediana 0.95μg/L, amplitude interquartil 0.7-1.22μg/L), mas esta diferença não atingiu significância estatística (p=0.07). Conclusões: dependentes de crack tem índice de massa corporal menor e estão mais expostos ao alumínio que os controles. Alguns tem deficiência de tiamina, a qual pode levar à encefalopatia de Wernicke e declínio cognitivo. Portanto, tiamina parenteral profilática deve ser considerada para alguns dependentes de crack. / Background: Crack-cocaine is an extremely additive form of cocaine and its compulsive use can last days until exhaustion, driving its users to neglect feeding. Poor feeding may cause thiamine deficiency. In Brazil, crack-cocaine is usually smoked in pipes made of aluminum cans or with aluminum foils. Insufficient brain levels of thiamine plus brain aluminum accumulation, may impair glucose energy metabolism, promoting neurodegeneration and possibly Wernicke’s encephalopathy. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate thiamine and aluminum blood levels in crack-cocaine addicts and compare them to healthy controls. Methods: cross-sectional controlled study, included 35 crack-cocaine addicts and 35 healthy controls, all males, 18 or older. Cases were recruited at the Addiction Unit of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre or at the Mental Health Emergency IAPI, controls were recruited between people circulating in the outpatient clinic area of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Weight and height were measured and blood samples collected for determination of thiamine diphosphate and aluminum levels. Cases were also submitted to a brief neurological examination. Results: cases characteristics were similar to the sample of the main national study related to crack-cocaine use in Brazil: mainly males, about 30 years old, with low education level, unemployed, multiple drug abusers, consuming crack-cocaine for approximately 8 years. Body mass index was significantly lower in cases (p<0.0001). Six cases (17.65%) had body mass index lower than normal, while no control was below this limit. Two cases presented thiamine levels below the laboratory reference range, while controls were all above this limit. Comparing the lower quartile of thiamine blood levels, cases (3.6 μg/dL) had significantly lower levels of thiamine than controls (4.3μg/dL) (p=0.024). Blood aluminum median of crack-cocaine addicts (1.85μg/L, interquartile range 0.65-4.425μg/L) whose samples were drawn until 24h after last drug consumption was higher than controls (0.95μg/L, interquartile range 0.7-1.22μg/L), but the difference did not achieve statistical significance (p=0.07). Conclusions: Crack-cocaine addicts have lower BMI and are more exposed to aluminum in comparison to healthy controls. Also, some of them have thiamine deficiency which may lead to Wernicke’s encephalopathy and cognitive impairment. Thus, prophylactic parenteral thiamine should be considered to some crack-cocaine addicts.

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Introdução: o crack é uma forma extremamente aditiva de cocaína, provocando intensa fissura e um comportamento persistente e intenso de busca pela droga com negligência da alimentação. A alimentação insuficiente pode levar à carência de tiamina. O uso de latas e folhas de alumínio na confecção de cachimbos para o consumo de crack aumenta a exposição de usuários de crack a este metal. Deficiência de tiamina somada a acúmulo cerebral de alumínio pode inibir o metabolismo energético dependente da glicose, levando à neurodegeneração e, possivelmente, à encefalopatia de Wernicke. Objetivos: avaliação dos níveis sanguíneos de tiamina difosfato e de alumínio de dependentes de crack e comparação com os de controles. Método: estudo transversal controlado, avaliou 35 dependentes de crack e 35 controles, do sexo masculino, com 18 anos ou mais. Os casos foram recrutados entre pacientes internados na Unidade de Adição do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre ou na Emergência em Saúde Mental IAPI, os controles foram recrutados entre as pessoas que circulam na área ambulatorial do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Todos participantes tiveram seu peso e estatura medidos e sangue coletado para determinação dos níveis de tiamina difosfato e de alumínio. Os casos passaram, também, por uma breve avaliação neurológica. Resultados: as características dos casos são semelhantes à amostra do principal estudo nacional sobre o uso de crack no Brasil: sexo masculino, cerca de 30 anos de idade, com baixa escolaridade, desempregados, usuários de múltiplas substâncias psicoativas, consumidores de crack há aproximadamente 8 anos. O índice de massa corporal dos casos foi significativamente mais baixo (p<0.0001). Seis casos (17.65%) apresentaram índice de massa corporal abaixo do normal. Dois casos apresentaram nível de tiamina abaixo dos valores de referência, enquanto os níveis dos controles estavam acima deste limite. Comparando os resultados do primeiro quartil do nível sanguíneo de tiamina dos casos (N= 9; mediana 3.6μg/dL, amplitude interquartil 3.05μg/dL -4.10μg/dL) com o dos controles (N=14, mediana 4.3μg/dL, amplitude interquartil 3.7μg/dL-4.4μg/dL), os casos apresentaram níveis significativamente mais baixos (p=0.024). Os níveis de alumínio dos casos que tiveram as amostras de sangue coletadas até 24h após o último consumo da substância, foram maiores (mediana1.85μg/L, amplitude interquartil0.65-4.425μg/L) que os dos controles (mediana 0.95μg/L, amplitude interquartil 0.7-1.22μg/L), mas esta diferença não atingiu significância estatística (p=0.07). Conclusões: dependentes de crack tem índice de massa corporal menor e estão mais expostos ao alumínio que os controles. Alguns tem deficiência de tiamina, a qual pode levar à encefalopatia de Wernicke e declínio cognitivo. Portanto, tiamina parenteral profilática deve ser considerada para alguns dependentes de crack. / Background: Crack-cocaine is an extremely additive form of cocaine and its compulsive use can last days until exhaustion, driving its users to neglect feeding. Poor feeding may cause thiamine deficiency. In Brazil, crack-cocaine is usually smoked in pipes made of aluminum cans or with aluminum foils. Insufficient brain levels of thiamine plus brain aluminum accumulation, may impair glucose energy metabolism, promoting neurodegeneration and possibly Wernicke’s encephalopathy. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate thiamine and aluminum blood levels in crack-cocaine addicts and compare them to healthy controls. Methods: cross-sectional controlled study, included 35 crack-cocaine addicts and 35 healthy controls, all males, 18 or older. Cases were recruited at the Addiction Unit of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre or at the Mental Health Emergency IAPI, controls were recruited between people circulating in the outpatient clinic area of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Weight and height were measured and blood samples collected for determination of thiamine diphosphate and aluminum levels. Cases were also submitted to a brief neurological examination. Results: cases characteristics were similar to the sample of the main national study related to crack-cocaine use in Brazil: mainly males, about 30 years old, with low education level, unemployed, multiple drug abusers, consuming crack-cocaine for approximately 8 years. Body mass index was significantly lower in cases (p<0.0001). Six cases (17.65%) had body mass index lower than normal, while no control was below this limit. Two cases presented thiamine levels below the laboratory reference range, while controls were all above this limit. Comparing the lower quartile of thiamine blood levels, cases (3.6 μg/dL) had significantly lower levels of thiamine than controls (4.3μg/dL) (p=0.024). Blood aluminum median of crack-cocaine addicts (1.85μg/L, interquartile range 0.65-4.425μg/L) whose samples were drawn until 24h after last drug consumption was higher than controls (0.95μg/L, interquartile range 0.7-1.22μg/L), but the difference did not achieve statistical significance (p=0.07). Conclusions: Crack-cocaine addicts have lower BMI and are more exposed to aluminum in comparison to healthy controls. Also, some of them have thiamine deficiency which may lead to Wernicke’s encephalopathy and cognitive impairment. Thus, prophylactic parenteral thiamine should be considered to some crack-cocaine addicts.

INTRODUÇÃO: A encefalopatia hipóxico-isquêmica (EHI) corresponde a uma das maiores causas de morbidade e mortalidade neonatal. Ocorre em consequência à asfixia perinatal aguda, representada por baixo escore de Apgar e evidências de distúrbios neurológicos ao nascimento. A hipotermia terapêutica (HT) tem mostrado benefícios relevantes no prognóstico neurológico a longo prazo, por reduzir o metabolismo cerebral, retardando o início da despolarização hipóxica celular. Os efeitos da HT no sistema cardiovascular foram pouco estudados, suscitando questionamentos quanto à adequada interpretação dos achados ecocardiográficos nesta condição terapêutica. OBJETIVO: avaliar o comportamento hemodinâmico e da função ventricular de recém-nascidos com EHI na vigência de HT, utilizando-se técnicas ecocardiográficas convencionais e avançadas. MÉTODO: trata-se de um estudo observacional desenvolvido em três instituições, em que 22 recém-nascidos com EHI foram avaliados por meio da ecocardiografia nas duas fases da HT (durante a hipotermia e após o reaquecimento). O grupo controle foi composto por 22 recém-nascidos saudáveis. Os bebês foram submetidos a HT seguindo critérios do protocolo de hipotermia de cada um dos serviços. RESULTADOS: Função ventricular esquerda: as frações de ejeção (FE) e de encurtamento foram maiores após o reaquecimento (74 ± 5% e 41 ± 5% respectivamente) em relação ao grupo controle (70 ± 5%, p = 0,003 e 37 ± 4%, p = 0,002). O índice de performance miocárdica (IPM) do ventrículo esquerdo (VE) avaliado pelo Doppler pulsado se manteve constante nas duas fases da HT (0,51 ± 0,13, hipotermia = reaquecimento) e foi menor na comparação destas com o grupo controle (0,63 ± 0,18, p = 0,02). Os valores do strain circunferencial e radial, do twist, da torção e do strain longitudinal global do VE (STLGLVE) foram semelhantes entre o grupo controle e o grupo estudo, tanto durante a hipotermia quanto após o reaquecimento. Função ventricular direita: Observou-se incremento da velocidade da onda s´ do ventrículo direito (VD) após o reaquecimento (de 0,07 ± 0,02 m/s durante a hipotermia para 0,09 ± 0,01 m/s, p < 0,001), sendo esta também mais elevada quando comparada aos valores do grupo controle (0,07 ± 0,01 m/s, p < 0,001). Houve queda dos valores da variação fracional das áreas (FAC) do VD após o reaquecimento (38 ± 11% durante a hipotermia, 36 ± 11% após o reaquecimento e 43 ± 10% grupo controle), com diferenças significativas entre esses dois últimos (p = 0,03). Quanto ao IPM do VD, o grupo controle apresentou médias menores (0,29 ± 0,13) que o grupo caso durante a hipotermia (0,46 ± 0,33, p = 0,03). O strain longitudinal global do VD (STLGLVD) foi significativamente pior tanto durante a hipotermia (-18 ± -5%, p = 0,02) quanto após o reaquecimento (-18 ± 4%, p = 0,01) quando comparados ao grupo controle (-21 ± 2%). Parâmetros hemodinâmicos: A pressão sistólica na artéria pulmonar foi mais elevada no grupo estudo durante as duas fases do tratamento (hipotermia 45 ± 24 mmHg, p = 0,02 e reaquecimento 53 ± 34 mmHg, p = 0,01 versus grupo controle 29 ± 11 mmHg). A FC foi significativamente mais baixa durante a hipotermia comparada ao período após o reaquecimento (FC 111 ± 19 bpm versus 144 ± 20 bpm, p < 0,001) e ao grupo controle (FC 130 ± 16 bpm, p < 0,001). Durante o reaquecimento, observou-se elevação do débito cardíaco (DC) esquerdo e direito em relação ao período de hipotermia (DC esquerdo 214 ± 39 ml/kg/min versus 155 ± 47 ml/kg/min, p < 0,001; DC direito 369 ± 141 ml/kg/min versus 269 ± 113 ml/Kg/min, p = 0,005) sendo significativamente mais elevado que no grupo controle (DC Esquerdo 174 ± 47 ml/kg/min, p = 0,004 e DC direito 288 ± 74 ml/Kg/min, p = 0,02). CONCLUSÕES: A função ventricular esquerda permanece estável nas duas fases da HT, demonstrando o baixo comprometimento cardíaco esquerdo do resfriamento induzido. Os valores da FE, da fração de encurtamento e da onda s´ do VD, maiores após o reaquecimento, podem ser consequentes a um estado hiperdinâmico do coração. Disfunção ventricular direita foi observada nos momentos em que a pressão pulmonar estava elevada. O STLGLVD foi a única ferramenta capaz de identificar o comprometimento da função sistólica do VD durante a HT. / INTRODUCTION: The hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) corresponds to one of the biggest causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality. It occurs in consequence to acute perinatal asphyxia, represented by low Apgar score and evidences of neurological disorders in birth. The therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has shown significant benefits in long term neurological prognosis, by reducing the cerebral metabolism, delaying the onset of the hypoxic depolarization in cellular level. The TH effects in cardiovascular system have been insufficiently researched, raising questions regarding the adequate reading of the echocardiographic results in this condition. OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the hemodynamic and the ventricular performance of neonates with HIE submitted to TH, using conventional and advanced echocardiographic techniques. METHODS: this research is an observational study developed in three institutions, in which 22 neonates with HIE were evaluated by echocardiography in the two phases of TH (during hypothermia and after rewarming). The control group was composed by 22 healthy neonates. The infants were submitted to TH following hypothermia protocol criteria of each services. RESULTS: Left ventricular function: the ejection fraction (EF) and the shortening fraction were higher after rewarming (74 ± 5% and 41 ± 5% respectively) compared to the control group (70 ± 5%, p = 0.003 and 37 ± 4%, p = 0.002). The myocardial performance index (MPI) of the left ventricle (LV), evaluated by pulsed wave Doppler, remained constant in the two phases of TH (0.51 ± 0.13, hypothermia = rewarming) and this MPI was lower in comparison to the control group (0.63 ± 0.18, p = 0.02). The values of the circumferential and radial strain, the twist, the torsion and the global longitudinal strain (GLS) of the LV were similar between the control group and the study group, as during hypothermia as after rewarming. Right ventricular function: it was noted increment of the right ventricle (RV) s´ wave velocity after rewarming (from 0.07 ± 0.02 m/s during hypothermia to 0.09 ± 0.01 m/s, p < 0.001), also it was higher when compared to the control group (0.07 ± 0.01 m/s, p < 0.001). There was decrease of the RV fractional area change (FAC) values after rewarming (38 ± 11% during hypothermia, 36 ± 11% after rewarming and 43 ± 10% in control group), with significant differences between these two last values (p = 0.03). Regarding RV\'s MPI, the control group presented lower averages (0.29 ± 0.13) than the case group during hypothermia (0.46 ± 0.33, p = 0.03). The RV GLS was worse as during hypothermia (-18 ± -5%, p = 0.02) as after rewarming (-18 ± 4%, p = 0.01) when compared to the control group (-21 ± 2%). Hemodynamic parameters: The pulmonary artery systolic pressure was higher in the study group during the two phases of the treatment (hypothermia 45 ± 24 mmHg, p = 0.02 and rewarming 53 ± 34 mmHg, p = 0.01 versus control group 29 ± 11 mmHg). The heart rate (HR) was significantly lower during hypothermia compared to the after rewarming period (HR 111 ± 19 bpm versus 144 ± 20 bpm, p < 0.001) and to the control group (HR 130 ± 16 bpm, p < 0.001). After rewarming it was seen increase of the left and right cardiac output (CO) compared to the hypothermia period (left CO 214 ± 39 ml/kg/min versus 155 ± 47 ml/kg/min, p < 0.001; right CO 369 ± 141 ml/kg/min versus 269 ± 113 ml/Kg/min, p = 0.005), remaining significantly higher than in the control group (left CO 174 ± 47 ml/kg/min, p = 0.004 and right CO 288 ± 74 ml/Kg/min, p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS: The LV function remains stable in the two phases of TH, showing low left cardiac impairment of the induced cooling. The values of EF, shortening fraction and RV s´ wave were higher after rewarming, possibly due to a hyperdynamic heart state. A right ventricular dysfunction was observed when the pulmonary artery systolic pressure was high. The RV GLS was the only tool able to identify the RV systolic impairment during TH.

Orientador: Ilka de Fátima Santana Ferreira Boin / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T06:35:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lopes_PaulaJuliano_M.pdf: 1567108 bytes, checksum: dc73b9dfaf095d0ab3b2616cdc04dbd1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O transplante de fígado é um procedimento complexo que interfere em múltiplas funções do organismo podendo ocorrer complicações de diversas dimensões. Estudos revelam porcentagens variadas de complicações do sistema nervoso entre 8 - 47% dos casos e podem incluir encefalopatia, problemas cerebrovasculares, infecções e neurotoxicidade induzida por imunossupressores, sendo que a maioria destes casos ocorre na primeira semana de pós-operatório.. O objetivo do estudo foi verificar a relação entre o valor de magnésio sérico e o desenvolvimento de encefalopatia no período imediato ao transplante de fígado. Para realizar a pesquisa, foram coletados dados dos pacientes e doadores presentes em prontuários médicos de pacientes que tenham sido submetidos a transplante de fígado nos anos de 2007 a 2009. Os valores dos níveis de magnésio sérico dos sete primeiros dias de internação foram comparados com a referência laboratorial presente nos resultados revelados pelo laboratório do Hospital de Clínicas da Unicamp. O critério de West Haven foi usado para classificar se o paciente apresentava ou não encefalopatia hepática. Verificou-se que apenas o valor do magnésio no pós transplante foi o risco para que ocorresse a encefalopatia hepática (p = 0.0489). Quanto menor o valor do nível de magnésio sérico maior foi o risco de ocorrência de encefalopatia hepática (RR = 3.718; IC95% : 1.001-13.699). Como conclusão verificou-se a importância da hipomagnesemia como fator preditivo do aumento do risco de aparecimento da encefalopatia hepática no pós transplante imediato de fígado / Abstract: Liver transplantation is a complex procedure that interferes in multiple body functions and complications can occur in several dimensions. Studies have shown varying percentages of the nervous system complications from 8 to 47% of cases and may include encephalopathy, cerebrovascular problems, infections and neurotoxicity induced by immunosuppressive drugs, with the majority of these cases occurs in the first week after surgery. The objective was verify the correlation between the level of serum magnesium and the development of encephalopathy in the immediate post transplant period. To conduct the survey, the donor's and receptor's data from patients submitted to liver transplantation were collected in the medical transplant patients' records from 2007 to 2009. The levels of serum magnesium to in the first seven days of hospitalization were compared with the reference laboratory results by the Clinical Hospital of Unicamp. The West Haven criteria was used to classified if the patient have or not hepatic encephalopathy. It was found that only the levels of serum magnesium in post transplant was the risk for hepatic encephalopathy occurrence (p = 0.0489). The lower value of magnesium increased the risk of hepatic encephalopathy (RR=3.718; IC95% : 1.001- 13.699). In conclusion, we verified the importance of hypomagnesemia as predictive factor for hepatic encephalopathy increasing after liver transplantation / Mestrado / Fisiopatologia Cirúrgica / Mestra em Ciências

As head injuries and their sequelae have become an increasingly salient matter of public health, experts in the field have made great progress elucidating the biological processes occurring within the brain at the moment of injury and throughout the recovery thereafter. Given the extraordinary rate at which our collective knowledge of neurotrauma has grown, new insights may be revealed by examining the existing literature across disciplines with a new perspective. This article will aim to expand the scope of this rapidly evolving field of research beyond the confines of the central nervous system (CNS). Specifically, we will examine the extent to which the bidirectional influence of the gut-brain axis modulates the complex biological processes occurring at the time of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and over the days, months, and years that follow. In addition to local enteric signals originating in the gut, it is well accepted that gastrointestinal (GI) physiology is highly regulated by innervation from the CNS. Conversely, emerging data suggests that the function and health of the CNS is modulated by the interaction between 1) neurotransmitters, immune signaling, hormones, and neuropeptides produced in the gut, 2) the composition of the gut microbiota, and 3) integrity of the intestinal wall serving as a barrier to the external environment. Specific to TBI, existing pre-clinical data indicates that head injuries can cause structural and functional damage to the GI tract, but research directly investigating the neuronal consequences of this intestinal damage is lacking. Despite this void, the proposed mechanisms emanating from a damaged gut are closely implicated in the inflammatory processes known to promote neuropathology in the brain following TBI, which suggests the gut-brain axis may be a therapeutic target to reduce the risk of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and other neurodegenerative diseases following TBI. To better appreciate how various peripheral influences are implicated in the health of the CNS following TBI, this paper will also review the secondary biological injury mechanisms and the dynamic pathophysiological response to neurotrauma. Together, this review article will attempt to connect the dots to reveal novel insights into the bidirectional influence of the gut-brain axis and propose a conceptual model relevant to the recovery from TBI and subsequent risk for future neurological conditions.

Le TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts) est le traitement de référence au cours de l'hémorragie digestive par rupture de varices, ou dans le traitement de l'ascite réfractaire chez les patients atteitns de cirrhose. Il peut entraîner une encéphalopathie hépatique (EH), dans 35% des cas environ. L'imagerie par résonnance magnétique (IRM) cérébrale est l'examen de référence pour le diagnostic et le pronostic des maladies neurologiques. L'IRM multimodale combine la spectroscopie, l'imagerie par tenseur de diffusion, et l'IRM fonctionnelle de repos. La combinaison de ces différentes techniques a un intérêt pour le pronostic neurologique après traumatisme crânien ou arrêt cardio-respiratoire. Dans la première partie de ce travail, nous ferons une revue de la littérature sur l'EH en 2017. Nous décrirons les bénéfices du TIPS dans la prise en charge des complications de la cirrhose telles que l'hémorragie digestive et l'ascite, et aussi la probabilité de développer une EH après TIPS. La deuxième partie de ce travail sera consacrée à l'IRM cérébrale mutimodale. Nous en expliquerons les principes généraux, puis nous décrirons les données publiées dans la cirrhose. Enfin, nous présenterons les résultats obtenus en IRM cérébrale multimodale chez des patients candidats à la pose d'un TIPS. Nous décrirons en particulier qu'il existe des facteurs prédictifs de développement d'une EH après TIPS. En effet, la fraction d'anisotropie est plus basse dans notre série avant TIPS chez les aptients qui vont développer une EH après TIPS. Ainsi, le tenseur de diffusion pourrait aider à discrimier les patients qui sont les plus à risque de développer une EH. / TIPS placement is required for the management of variceal bleeding or ascites in cirrhosis. However, hepatic encephalopathy (HE) may occur in 35% of patients after TIPS placement. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the best exam for the diagnosis and the prognosis of several neurological diseases. Multimodal MRI combines spectroscopy, diffusion tensor imaging and resting state. It has been proven to help for neurological prognostic in comatose patients after traumatic brain injury or cardiac arrest. In this manuscript, we will explain HE pathophysiology and management of HE in 2017. We will also describe results obtained with TIPS placement in patients with variceal bleeding. The second part of the manuscript will be dedicated to multimodal MRI: we will clarify each technique and what has been published in the setting of cirrhosis. Last, we will explain our results obtained in patients who are candidate for non urgent TIPS placement and will suggest that a low fractional anisotropy before TIPS may help to identify patients that are at risk of developing HE after TIPS.

Traumatic brain injury is a topic that in recent years has received increased scrutiny by the media and is viewed as a cause for public health concern in athletes that are participating in contact sports. There has been an apparent rise in the reported number of traumatic brain injuries over the last decade possibly due to a number of factors such as an increase in enrollment of sports and suspected better understanding of brain injury in the sports world. Direct or indirect impact forces applied involving acceleration/deceleration and linear/angular forces primarily cause trauma to the brain. This insult results in evident diffuse axonal and focal injuries to varying degrees in brain tissue. The spectrum of pathophysiology in traumatic brain injury involves structural, neurochemical, metabolic, vascular, inflammatory, immunologic, and ultimately cell death, which plays a hand directly in the nonspecific presentation of symptoms reported by athletes as well as the progression of recovery. Traumatic brain injury is typically associated with short- and long-term sequelae, however, inducing repetitive episodes of trauma over a career, as may happen in sports, may lead to a progressive neurodegenerative disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been known to affect boxers previously, but in recent years the attention has shifted and found this disease in athletes from other sports. The spectrum of disease in chronic traumatic encephalopathy involves a progressive tauopathy that spreads across different regions of the brain in a classified four staged grading system. Several risk factors have been identified in placing athletes at risk for traumatic brain episodes, however no risk factors have been directly linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Much information is lacking in a complete understanding of traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, therefore emphasizing the importance of further research and consistently improving modifications in the protocols for assessment, recognition, management, and return to play criteria for injured athletes. Furthermore, despite the gaps in knowledge, preventative measures should serve a particular role in reducing the incidence of detected traumatic brain injuries, which should include policy changes, sport rule changes, and especially changes to the accepted sports culture through mandatory education.

L’acide gras synthase, codé par le gène FASN, est une protéine multi-enzyme homodimérique responsable de la lipogenèse de novo à partir de l’acétyl-CoA et du malonyl- CoA. La finalité de cette lipogenèse est la production de l’acide palmitique, un acide gras simple, précurseur des acides gras à très longues chaînes. L’acide palmitique est impliqué dans plusieurs processus biologiques, dont la palmitoylation qui permet d’ancrer diverses protéines à la membrane cellulaire sous-tendant, entre autres, la transmission synaptique. Le rôle de l’acide gras synthase dans le développement embryonnaire est bien établi. En effet, il est exprimé de manière ubiquitaire dans l’embryon, principalement dans les tissus en pleine croissance et soumis à un remodelage, participant ainsi activement au développement cérébral. Par conséquent, des mutations du gène FASN ont été associées à plusieurs maladies, incluant divers types de cancers, les maladies cardiovasculaires, mais également, plus récemment, à certaines maladies du neurodéveloppement, incluant les troubles du spectre de l’autisme. Des données récentes des laboratoires Rossignol et Campeau, au CHU Ste-Justine, suggèrent un lien entre des mutations récessives ou de novo du gène FASN et des formes précoces d’épilepsie avec atteinte cognitive (encéphalopathies épileptogènes). Nous postulons que les mutations du gène FASN modifient la synthèse de l’acide palmitique et perturbent le développement des réseaux neuronaux, en altérant la migration, le développement morphologique, l’excitabilité et/ou la fonction synaptique de populations neuronales spécifiques, résultant en une hyperexcitabilité neuronale et à l’épilepsie. Pour explorer cette hypothèse, nous avons recueilli les informations cliniques de dix patients porteurs de mutations du gène FASN dans le cadre d’études génomiques en cours au CHU Ste- Justine et à travers le monde. Nous avons également généré un nouveau modèle murin de la maladie, exprimant une mutation retrouvée chez un membre de notre cohorte clinique, que nous avons caractérisé sur les plans histochimique et électrophysiologique. Nos données suggèrent que les mutations du gène FASN induisent chez l’humain un phénotype clinique de retard global du développement évoluant vers une déficience intellectuelle, s’accompagnant d’un éventail de signes neurologiques (déficit moteur, spasticité, réflexes ostéotendineux vifs, hypotonie et ataxie) et d’un risque accru d’épilepsie. De plus, notre modèle de souris knock-in Fasn.S154N révèle la fonction critique de ce gène dans le développement embryonnaire puisqu’une mutation homozygote entraîne une mortalité in utero. Par ailleurs, les souris porteuses de mutations hétérozygotes survivent et présentent un phénotype clinique rappelant celui observé chez les patients, incluant un comportement anxieux, une activité épileptique interictale à l’électroencéphalogramme ainsi qu’un abaissement du seuil convulsif lors d’une exposition au pentylenetetrazole (PTZ). Nous discutons certains mécanismes sous-jacents contribuant potentiellement au développement de l’épilepsie dans cette maladie, incluant une altération de l’activité de l’acide gras synthase au niveau du cortex préfrontal et de l’amygdale, une palmitoylation aberrante des protéines synaptiques, une plus grande vulnérabilité des cellules granulaires du gyrus denté, un dysfonctionnement des cellules souches neurales, une neurogénèse insuffisante, ainsi qu’une altération de la myélinisation et de la croissance axonale impactant la migration des interneurones. Ces mécanismes sont prédits pour altérer l’excitabilité neuronale et la transmission synaptique, perturbant la fonction des circuits. Des études subséquentes permettront d’élucider lesquels de ces divers mécanismes contribuent au phénotype clinique dans notre nouveau modèle murin de la maladie. / Fatty Acid Synthase is a large protein complex encoded by the FASN gene, which is responsible for de novo lipogenesis from acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA in the presence of NADPH. The endpoint of this process is the production of palmitic acid. The roles of fatty acid synthase in embryonic development are well established: it is ubiquitously expressed in early embryos, particularly in tissues undergoing active proliferation, outgrowth, and remodelling, and it is thus essential for normal brain development and neuronal function. Consequently, FASN gene mutations have been associated with several neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Recently, the laboratories of Drs. E. Rossignol and P. Campeau at the CHU Ste-Justine (Université de Montréal), with their international collaborators, have identified 10 patients with neurodevelopmental disorders (i.e., developmental delay, intellectual disability and/or epilepsy) carrying recessive or de novo mutations in the FASN gene, supporting a critical role of FASN in regulating neuronal circuit development and function. However, the mechanisms by which mutations in the FASN gene result in epilepsy are unknown. We postulate that FASN mutations alter palmitic acid synthesis and disrupt neuronal network development, resulting in network hyperexcitability and epilepsy. In this study, we expand the phenotypic description of patients carrying FASN mutations, while generating a novel mouse model carrying a patient-derived FASN mutation to explore the underlying cellular and network mechanisms. Our data reveal that FASN mutations, in humans, generate neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by epilepsy, global developmental delay (GDD), intellectual disability (ID), and a broad range of neurological signs (motor deficit, spasticity, hyperreflexia, hypotony, and ataxia). In our knock-in FasnS154N mouse model, homozygous mutations resulted in prenatal lethality. In contrast, heterozygous mutations caused a clinical phenotype reminiscent of the patient phenotype, with anxiety-like behaviors, spontaneous interictal spikes on electroencephalograms (EEG), and a tendency to a reduced PTZ-induced seizure threshold. We discuss the potential underlying mechanisms, including an altered FAS activity within the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala, aberrant palmitoylation of postsynaptic density proteins, the vulnerability of dentate gyrus granules cell, altered neural stem cells activity and neurogenesis, improper axonal growth and myelination, resulting in altered neuronal excitability and synaptic function, aberrant network activities and epilepsy. These mechanisms will be explored in subsequent studies using our novel animal model.