Parkinson’s disease multimodal imaging: F-DOPA PET, neuromelanin-sensitive and quantitative iron-sensitive MRI

Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative synucleinopathy characterized by the degeneration of neuromelanin (NM)-containing dopaminergic neurons and deposition of iron in the substantia nigra (SN). How regional NM loss and iron accumulation within specific areas of SN relate to nigro-...

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Main Authors: Frédérique Depierreux, Eric Parmentier, Laurane Mackels, Katherine Baquero, Christian Degueldre, Evelyne Balteau, Eric Salmon, Christophe Phillips, Mohamed Ali Bahri, Pierre Maquet, Gaëtan Garraux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:npj Parkinson's Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-021-00199-2