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ReviewCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2016

Position Emission Tomography/Single-Photon Emission Tomography Neuroimaging for Detection of Premotor Parkinson's Disease.

Jing Zou, Rui-Hui Weng, Zhao-Yu Chen, Xiao-Bo Wei, Rui Wang, Dan Chen, Ying Xia, Qing Wang

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Review in CNS neuroscience & therapeutics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Jing ZouDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Rui-Hui WengDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zhao-Yu ChenDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xiao-Bo WeiDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Rui WangDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Dan ChenDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Ying XiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Qing WangDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Premotor Parkinson's disease (PD) refers to a prodromal stage of Parkinson's disease (PD) during which nonmotor clinical features may be present. Currently, it is difficult to make an early diagnosis for premotor PD. Molecular imaging with position emission tomography (PET) or single-photon emission tomography (SPECT) offers a wide variety of tools for overcoming this difficulty. Indeed, molecular imaging techniques may play a crucial role in diagnosing, monitoring and evaluating the individuals with the risk for PD. For example, dopaminergic dysfunctions can be identified by detecting the expression of vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) and aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) to evaluate the conditions of dopaminergic terminals functions in high-risk individuals of PD. This detection provides a sensitive and specific measurement of nonmotor symptoms (NMS) such as olfactory dysfunction, sleep disorders, and psychiatric symptoms in the high-risk patients, especially at the premotor phase. Molecular imaging technique is capable of detecting the dysfunction of serotonergic, noradrenergic, and cholinergic systems that are typically associated with premotor manifestations. This review discusses the importance of SPECT/PET applications in the detection of premotor markers preceding motor abnormalities with highlighting their great potential for early and accurate diagnosis of premotor symptoms of PD and its scientific significance.

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Positron-Emission TomographyTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonHumansMotor CortexParkinson DiseaseParkinson's diseasePosition emission tomographyPremotorSingle-photon emission tomography

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PMID26776081
PMCPMC6492865

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