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Articles tagged "Substantia nigra"

  • 2017 International Congress

    Cardiac 123I-MIBG Scintigraphy, olfactory testing and transcranial sonography for differentiating between Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonian syndromes during the early stage

    h. fujita, K. Suzuki, A. Numao, Y. Watanabe, T. Uchiyama, T. Miyamoto, M. Miyamoto, T. Kadowaki, K. Hirata (Shimotsuga-gun, Japan)

    Objective: To evaluate the utility of the combined use of cardiac metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy, olfactory testing, and substantia nigra (SN) hyperechogenicity on transcranial sonography (TCS)…
  • 2017 International Congress

    A follow-up study of hyperechogenicity of the substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonian syndrome

    J. Horie, H. Fujita, K. Suzuki, A. Numao, Y. Watanabe, T. Matsubara, T. Uchiyama, T. Miyamoto, M. Miyamoto, T. Kadowaki, K. Hirata (Shimotsuga-gun, Japan)

    Objective: To evaluate whether the hyperechogenic size of the substantia nigra changes with time in Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonian syndromes (APSs), such as…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Substantia nigra area evaluated by neuromelanin-sensitive MRI as an imaging biomarker of disease progression in Parkinson’s disease

    M. Fabbri, S. Reimão, M. Carbalho, R. Nunes, D. Abreu, L. Guedes, R. Bouça, P. Lobo, C. Godinho, M. Coelho, N. Gonçalves, M. Rosa, A. Antonini, J. Ferreira (Lisbon, Portugal)

    Objective: to investigate the pattern of substantia nigra - neuromelanin (SN-NM) area loss and contrast ratio (CR) intensity changes in late-stage Parkinson’s disease (LSPD) patients,…
  • 2017 International Congress

    High-Pass Filtered Phase MR Imaging to Detect Longitudinal Motor Associations of Iron Accumulation in Parkinson’s Disease

    A. Martin-Bastida, N. Lao-Kaim, Y. Xing, C. Loane, A. Roussakis, S. Schwarz, N. Valle-Guzman, P. Mahlknecht, X. Li, G. Paul-Visse, H. Widner, M. Politis, T. Foltynie, R. Barker, D. Auer, P. Piccini (London, United Kingdom)

    Objective: To assess whether longitudinal changes in deep grey matter nuclei iron content are associated with declining motor function in Parkinson’s disease over a period…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Assessing Nigral Functional Connectivity in Parkinson’s Disease with Resting State Functional MRI

    A. Martin-Bastida, Y. Xing, S. Pietracupa, A. Roussakis, N. Lao-Kaim, W. Li, X. Li, P. Mahlknecht, S. Schwarz, T. Foltynie, D. Auer, P. Piccini (London, United Kingdom)

    Objective: To evaluate functional connectivity of SN with basal ganglia and motor cortex in Parkinson’s disease (PD) using resting state functional MRI (RS fMRI). Background:…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Clinical utility of visualization of Nigrosome-1 in patients with Parkinson’s disease

    A. Sunny, R. Naduthota, R. Botta, S. Varadharajan, J. Saini, R. Yadav, P. Pal (Bangalore, India)

    Objective: To determine the inter-rater reliability of Nigrosome-1 detection and its relation to asymmetry of clinical symptoms in Parkinson’s disease (PD).  Background: Detection of Nigrosome-1…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Volume analysis and localization of midbrain hyperechogenecities via TCS and MRI

    A. Plate, S.-A. Ahmadi, K. Boetzel (Munich, Germany)

    Objective: We are presenting follow-up results on our previous study for 3D volumetric measurements of SN hyper-echogenicities, to differentiate PD patients from healthy controls (HC).…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Substantia nigra hyperechogenicity in male methamphetamine users

    G. Todd, V. Pearson-Dennett, B. Collie, J. White (Adelaide, Australia)

    Objective: To investigate the effect of sex on substantia nigra (SN) echogenicity in young-to-middle aged adults with a history of methamphetamine use. Background: The sonographic…
  • 2016 International Congress

    May substantia nigra volume asymmetry be an indicator of motor asymmetry in Parkinson’s disease? A retrospective analysis

    N.F. Durmaz, M. Yorubulut, C.M. Akbostanci (Ankara, Turkey)

    Objective: We investigated whether smaller substantia nigra is associated with worse parkinsonism on the corresponding contralateral side. Background: Degeneration of dopaminergic cells and morphologic changes…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Transcranial sonography of the substantia nigra and its correlation with iron metabolism and c-reactive protein in Parkinson’s disease

    X. Yang, J. Liu, Y. Qian, S. Xu, Q. Xiao (Shanghai, People's Republic of China)

    Objective: To measure the echogenicity of the substantia nigra (SN) by transcranial sonography (TCS) in PD patients and discuss its correlation with iron metabolism and…
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