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ArticleCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2025

Locus Coeruleus Degeneration in Essential Tremor With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Neuromelanin MRI Study.

Yuelin Fang, Cheng Zhou, Bingting Zhu, Jiasi Liu, Sicheng Liu, Xiaojun Guan, Tao Guo, Xiaojun Xu, Minming Zhang, Jun Tian and 4 more

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  3. Neuropsychiatric, stress-related symptoms and essential tremor clinical variability.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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Yuelin FangDepartment of Neurology, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Cheng ZhouDepartment of Radiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Bingting ZhuDepartment of Neurology, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Jiasi LiuDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Sicheng LiuDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaojun GuanDepartment of Radiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2313-4477
Tao GuoDepartment of Radiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaojun XuDepartment of Radiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0127-2812
Minming ZhangDepartment of Radiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0145-7558
Jun TianDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xinzhen YinDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Baorong ZhangDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8099-7407
Guohua ZhaoDepartment of Neurology, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0593-9175
Yaping YanDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

Funding

the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2023M733085the Key Projects of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Fund LZ23H090004the Major Health Science and Technology Program of Zhejiang Province WKJ-ZJ-2208the National Natural Science Foundation of China 82302132
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveOur aim was to research the neuromelanin-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging (NM-MRI) features of the locus coeruleus (LC) in essential tremor (ET) patients of various cognitive states and to explore the relationships between these features and cognition.

methodsWe recruited three groups of participants, including 30 ET patients with mild cognitive impairment (ET-MCI), 57 ET patients with normal cognition (ET-NC), and 105 healthy controls (HCs). All participants underwent MRI scanning and clinical evaluation. Through NM-MRI images, we compared the contrast-to-noise ratio of LC (CNR

resultsCompared to HCs, ET-MCI patients had a substantially lower CNR

conclusionLC degeneration in ET patients may partially contribute to cognitive decline, suggesting that the LC norepinephrine system deserves further research on the mechanism of cognitive decline of ET patients as well as the development of targeted drugs.

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Cognitive DysfunctionEssential TremorLocus CoeruleusMagnetic Resonance ImagingMelaninsAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMelaninsneuromelaninessential tremorlocus coeruleusmild cognitive impairmentneuromelanin‐sensitive magnetic resonance imaging

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PMCPMC11707437

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