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Spastic paraplegia type 5 (SPG5) is a subtype of hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs), caused by mutations in cholesterol metabolism genes, with radiological features of spinal cord atrophy. Our study aims to explore cognitive impairment in SPG5 and its relation to spinal cord structure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a prospective cross-sectional study with 30 HSPs patients and 47 healthy controls (HC), performing brain and spinal cord MRI and neuropsychological assessments. We investigated correlations between cognitive performance and MRI measurements.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Compared to HC, SPG5 patients exhibited significant impairments in the Benton Judgment of Line Orientation Test (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.033), Controlled Oral Word Association Test (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.028), and Symbol Digit Modalities Test (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.023). SPG5 patients also demonstrated significant reductions in spinal cord and thoracic cord cross-sectional area (CSA), anterior-posterior (AP) diameter, and right-left (RL) total (All\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.01). Specifically, the thoracic cord RL total was positively correlated with scores on the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test - Revisited delayed recall (BVMT-R DR) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). The spinal cord RL total explained 81% of the variance in BVMT-R DR (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.015) and 74% of the variance in MoCA (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.027).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>SPG5 patients demonstrate deficits in visuospatial perception, executive function, and information processing speed. Thoracic spinal cord RL total was positively associated with visual memory and global cognition.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2025.1639011","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,2]],"date-time":"2026-01-02T05:23:56Z","timestamp":1767331436000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Association of spinal cord structure with cognition in hereditary spastic paraplegia type 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