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ArticleNPJ Parkinson's disease2019

Gastric dysmotility in Parkinson's disease is not caused by alterations of the gastric pacemaker cells.

Konstantin G Heimrich, Veit Y P Jacob, Denise Schaller, Andreas Stallmach, Otto W Witte, Tino Prell

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Article in NPJ Parkinson's disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Gastrointestinal dysfunction in the synucleinopathies.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2021
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  11. Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Konstantin G Heimrich1Department of Gastroenterology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Veit Y P Jacob1Department of Gastroenterology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Denise Schaller2Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Andreas Stallmach1Department of Gastroenterology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Otto W Witte2Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Tino Prell2Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6423-3108
Jena University Hospital · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The enteric nervous system is involved in the pathology of Parkinson´s disease and patients frequently have symptoms related to delayed gastric emptying. However, the pathophysiology of gastric dysmotility is yet not well understood. The objective of this study was to assess interdigestive gastric motility in Parkinson´s disease. Using an electromagnetic capsule system, the dominant gastric contraction frequency (primary outcome measure) and the gastric transit time were assessed in 16 patients with Parkinson´s disease and 15 young healthy controls after a fasting period of 8 h. Motor and non-motor symptoms were assessed using the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson´s Disease Rating Scale III (MDS-UPDRS III), the Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire (NMS-Quest), and Hoehn & Yahr staging. The Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptom Index was used to record symptoms related to delayed gastric emptying. In healthy controls and patients with Parkinson's disease, the dominant contraction frequency was 3.0 cpm indicating normal function of interstitial cells of Cajal. In patients with Parkinson's disease, the gastric transit time was longer than in younger controls (56 vs. 21 min). The dominant contraction frequency and gastric transit time did not correlate with age, disease duration, Hoehn & Yahr stage, levodopa equivalent daily dose, MDS-UPDRS III, NMS-Quest, and Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptom Index. Changes of gastric motility in Parkinson´s disease are not caused by functional deficits of the gastric pacemaker cells, the interstitial cells of Cajal. Therefore, gastroparesis in Parkinson's disease can be attributed to disturbances in neurohumoral signals via the vagus nerve and myenteric plexus.

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