ArticleNeuroscience2018
Dysfunctional Limbic Circuitry Underlying Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease.
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- Functional MRI in Parkinson's disease with freezing of gait: a systematic review of the literature.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021Pooled it
- Neuroimaging advances in Parkinson's disease with freezing of gait: A systematic review.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2019Pooled it
- Paired inhibitory stimulation and gait training modulates supplemental motor area connectivity in freezing of gait.Parkinsonism & related disorders · 2021Trial
- Cortical thickness as predictor of response to exercise in people with Parkinson's disease.Human brain mapping · 2021Trial
- Cognitively Challenging Agility Boot Camp Program for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson Disease.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2020Trial
- Time-Varying Effective Network of Rehabilitation in Parkinson's Disease With Disease Laterality: A TMS-EEG Study.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- The Effects of Anxiety and Cognitive Load on Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- Freezing of Gait Levodopa Response Pattern in Parkinson's Disease Provides Clues to Pathophysiology.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Review
- From clutter to confidence: home environmental triggers and adaptive solutions for freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Review
- Deciphering Freezing of Gait: What Neuropathology Reveals About an Episodic Phenomenon.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Review
- Associating Resting-State functional connectivity and improvements in reactive balance in Parkinson's Disease.Neuroscience letters · 2026Article
- Breaking the Freeze: The Role of Cognitive Function in Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease.Parkinson's disease · 2026Review
- Motor and non-motor outcomes post rehabilitation for persons with freezing of gait and Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and Meta-analysis.Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · 2026Review
- Subcortical brain volume changes linked to concern of falling in multiple sclerosis: a structural MRI study.Journal of neurology · 2025Article
- A possible pathway to freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2025Article
- Glymphatic dysfunction as a potential driver of cerebral iron deposition in Parkinson's disease.Brain communications · 2025Article
- Gait dynamics and brain function abnormalities in Parkinson's disease with freezing of gait: a clinical study using resting-state fMRI and wearable devices.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Emotional auditory stimuli influence step initiation in Parkinson's disease with freezing of gait.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Beta-band power modulation in the human amygdala differentiates between go/no-go responses in an arm-reaching task.Journal of neural engineering · 2024Article
- Modulation of response times in early-stage Parkinson's disease during emotional processing of embodied and non-embodied stimuli.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Freezing of gait (FOG) is a poorly understood symptom affecting many patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Despite growing evidence of a behavioral link between anxiety, attention and FOG in PD, no research to date has investigated the neural mechanisms that might explain this relationship. The present study therefore examined resting-state MRI functional connectivity between the amygdala, striatum and frontoparietal attentional control network in PD patients with (freezers: n = 19) and without FOG (non-freezers: n = 21) in the dopaminergic 'off' state. Functional connectivity was subsequently correlated with an objective measure of FOG severity and a subjective scale of affective disorder within each group. Connectivity between the right amygdala and right putamen was significantly increased in freezers compared to non-freezers (p < 0.01). Furthermore, freezers showed increased anti-coupling between the frontoparietal network and left amygdala (p = 0.011), but reduced anti-coupling between this network and the right putamen (p = 0.027) as compared to non-freezers. Key functional connections between the amygdala, putamen and frontoparietal network were significantly associated with FOG severity and a fear of falling. This study provides the first evidence that dysfunctional fronto-striato-limbic processes may underpin the link between anxiety and FOG in PD. It is proposed that freezers have heightened striato-limbic load and reduced top-down attentional control at rest, which when further challenged by the parallel processing demands of walking may precipitate FOG.
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