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ArticleCerebellum (London, England)2017

Differentiating Patients with Parkinson's Disease from Normal Controls Using Gray Matter in the Cerebellum.

Ling-Li Zeng, Liang Xie, Hui Shen, Zhiguo Luo, Peng Fang, Yanan Hou, Beisha Tang, Tao Wu, Dewen Hu

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Article in Cerebellum (London, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ling-Li ZengCollege of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, People's Republic of China.
Liang XieCollege of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, People's Republic of China.
Hui ShenCollege of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, People's Republic of China.
Zhiguo LuoCollege of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, People's Republic of China.
Peng FangCollege of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, People's Republic of China.
Yanan HouDepartment of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory on Neurodegenerative Disorders of Ministry of Education, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, People's Republic of China.
Beisha TangDepartment of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People's Republic of China.
Tao WuDepartment of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory on Neurodegenerative Disorders of Ministry of Education, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, People's Republic of China. wutao69@gmail.com.
Dewen HuCollege of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, People's Republic of China. dwhu@nudt.edu.cn.
National University of Defense Technology · CNCapital Medical University · CNXiangya Hospital Central South University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders in the world. Previous studies have focused on the basal ganglia and cerebral cortices. To date, the cerebellum has not been systematically investigated in patients with PD. In the current study, 45 probable PD patients and 40 age- and gender-matched healthy controls underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging, and we used support vector machines combining with voxel-based morphometry to explore the cerebellar structural changes in the probable PD patients relative to healthy controls. The results revealed that the gray matter alterations were primarily located within the cerebellar Crus I, implying a possible important role of this region in PD. Furthermore, the gray matter alterations in the cerebellum could differentiate the probable PD patients from healthy controls with accuracies of more than 95 % (p < 0.001, permutation test) via cross-validation, suggesting the potential of analyzing the cerebellum in the clinical diagnosis of PD.

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Image Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingCerebellumFemaleGray MatterHumansMaleMental Status ScheduleMiddle AgedParkinson DiseaseSeverity of Illness IndexSupport Vector MachineCerebellumMagnetic resonance imagingParkinson’s diseaseSupport vector machine

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PMID27138531
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