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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2023

Sex, myelin, and clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease.

Jiayue Cai, Jowon L Kim, Yuheng Wang, Tobias R Baumeister, Maria Zhu, Aiping Liu, Soojin Lee, Martin J McKeown

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jiayue CaiSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Jowon L KimDepartment of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Yuheng WangSchool of Biomedical Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Tobias R BaumeisterSchool of Biomedical Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Maria ZhuDepartment of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Aiping LiuDepartment of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Soojin LeeDepartment of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Martin J McKeownDepartment of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CAShenzhen University · CNUniversity of Science and Technology of China · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To determine if there are sex differences in myelin in Parkinson's disease, and whether these explain some of the previously-described sex differences in clinical presentation. Methods: Thirty-three subjects (23 males, 10 females) with Parkinson's disease underwent myelin water fraction (MWF) imaging, an MRI scanning technique of Results: Consistent with prior reports, tremor and bradykinesia were more likely seen in females, whereas rigidity and axial symptoms were more likely seen in males in our cohort. MWF of the thalamic radiation, cingulum, cingulum hippocampus, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculi, inferior longitudinal fasciculi, and uncinate were significant in predicting sex. Overall MWF and asymmetry of MWF was greater in males. MWF differences between sexes were associated with tremor symptomatology and asymmetry of motor performance. Conclusion: Sex differences in myelin are associated with tremor and asymmetry of motor presentation. While preliminary, our results suggest that further investigation of the role of biological sex in myelin pathology and clinical presentation in Parkinson's disease is warranted.

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clinical characteristicsmyelin water fractionParkinson’s diseasesexwhite matter microstructure

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