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ArticleJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2024

Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension in Parkinson's disease: is there a role for locus coeruleus magnetic resonance imaging?

Giovanni Palermo, Alessandro Galgani, Gabriele Bellini, Francesco Lombardo, Nicola Martini, Riccardo Morganti, Davide Paoli, Sara De Cori, Francesca Frijia, Gabriele Siciliano and 2 more

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Article in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prevalence and impact of orthostatic hypotension in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2025
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  4. The Noradrenergic Brain in Parkinson's Disease.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2026
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  6. Locus coeruleus degeneration is associated with orthostatic hypotension in Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giovanni Palermo *Center for Neurodegenerative diseases-Parkinson's disease and Movement disorders, Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Alessandro Galgani *Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Gabriele BelliniCenter for Neurodegenerative diseases-Parkinson's disease and Movement disorders, Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Francesco LombardoDepartment of Radiology, Fondazione Monasterio/CNR, Pisa, Italy.
Nicola MartiniDeep Health Unit, Fondazione Monasterio/CNR, Pisa, Italy.
Riccardo MorgantiSection of Statistics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Davide PaoliCenter for Neurodegenerative diseases-Parkinson's disease and Movement disorders, Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Sara De CoriDepartment of Radiology, Fondazione Monasterio/CNR, Pisa, Italy.
Francesca FrijiaDeep Health Unit, Fondazione Monasterio/CNR, Pisa, Italy.
Gabriele SicilianoCenter for Neurodegenerative diseases-Parkinson's disease and Movement disorders, Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Roberto CeravoloCenter for Neurodegenerative diseases-Parkinson's disease and Movement disorders, Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Filippo Sean GiorgiDepartment of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. filippo.giorgi@unipi.it.
University of Pisa · ITFondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio · IT

Funding

Ministero della Salute #PE2013-02359574Ministero della Salute Ricerca Finalizzata 2013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Locus coeruleus (LC) is the main noradrenergic nucleus of the brain, and degenerates early in Parkinson's disease (PD). The objective of this study is to test whether degeneration of the LC is associated with orthostatic hypotension (OH) in PD. A total of 22 cognitively intact PD patients and 52 age-matched healthy volunteers underwent 3 T magnetic resonance (MRI) with neuromelanin-sensitive T1-weighted sequences (LC-MRI). For each subject, a template space-based LC-MRI was used to calculate LC signal intensity (LC contrast ratio-LC

Indexed as

HydroxidesHypotension, OrthostaticParkinson DiseaseHumansLocus CoeruleusMagnetic Resonance Imaginghydroxide ionHydroxidesDysautonomiaLocus coeruleusMagnetic resonance imagingOrthostatic hypotensionParkinson’s disease

Identifiers

PMID38032367
PMCPMC10791951
OpenAlexW4389180209

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