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P.002 Saccade parameters reveal cognitive impairment and differentially associate with cognitive domains across neurodegenerative diseases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2022

HC Riek
Affiliation:
(Kingston)*
BC Coe
Affiliation:
(Kingston)
DC Brien
Affiliation:
(Kingston)
J Huang
Affiliation:
(Kingston)
A Abrahao
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
S Arnott
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
D Beaton
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
M Binns
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
S Black
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
M Borrie
Affiliation:
(London)
L Casaubon
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
D Dowlatshahi
Affiliation:
(Ottawa)
E Finger
Affiliation:
(London)
C Fischer
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
A Frank
Affiliation:
(Ottawa)
M Freedman
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
D Grimes
Affiliation:
(Ottawa)
A Hassan
Affiliation:
(Thunder Bay)
M Jog
Affiliation:
(London)
S Kumar
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
D Kwan
Affiliation:
(Kingston)
A Lang
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
J Lawrence Dewar
Affiliation:
(Thunder Bay)
B Levine
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
W Lou
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
J Mandzia
Affiliation:
(London)
C Marras
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
M Masellis
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
P McLaughlin
Affiliation:
(Kingston)
J Orange
Affiliation:
(London)
S Pasternak
Affiliation:
(London)
A Peltsch
Affiliation:
(Kingston)
B Pollock
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
T Rajji
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
A Roberts
Affiliation:
(London)
D Sahlas
Affiliation:
(Hamilton)
G Saposnik
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
D Seitz
Affiliation:
(Kingston)
C Shoesmith
Affiliation:
(London)
T Steeves
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
S Strother
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
S Sujanthan
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
K Sunderland
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
R Swartz
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
B Tan
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
D Tang-Wai
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
C Tartaglia
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
A Troyer
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
J Turnbull
Affiliation:
(Hamilton)
L Zinman
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
DP Munoz
Affiliation:
(Kingston)
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Abstract

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Background: Eye movements reveal neurodegenerative disease processes due to overlap between oculomotor circuitry and disease-affected areas. Characterizing oculomotor behaviour in context of cognitive function may enhance disease diagnosis and monitoring. We therefore aimed to quantify cognitive impairment in neurodegenerative disease using saccade behaviour and neuropsychology. Methods: The Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative recruited individuals with neurodegenerative disease: one of Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or cerebrovascular disease. Patients (n=450, age 40-87) and healthy controls (n=149, age 42-87) completed a randomly interleaved pro- and anti-saccade task (IPAST) while their eyes were tracked. We explored the relationships of saccade parameters (e.g. task errors, reaction times) to one another and to cognitive domain-specific neuropsychological test scores (e.g. executive function, memory). Results: Task performance worsened with cognitive impairment across multiple diseases. Subsets of saccade parameters were interrelated and also differentially related to neuropsychology-based cognitive domain scores (e.g. antisaccade errors and reaction time associated with executive function). Conclusions: IPAST detects global cognitive impairment across neurodegenerative diseases. Subsets of parameters associate with one another, suggesting disparate underlying circuitry, and with different cognitive domains. This may have implications for use of IPAST as a cognitive screening tool in neurodegenerative disease.

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Poster Presentations
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation