Parkinson's disease related signal change in the nigrosomes 1–5 and the substantia nigra using T2* weighted 7T MRI

Improved markers for the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD) are required. Previous work has proven that iron dependent MRI scans can detect the largest Nigrosome (N1) within the substantia nigra (SN) pars compacta and changes in PD. Histopathological studies have shown that N1 is particula...

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Main Authors: Stefan Theodor Schwarz, Olivier Mougin, Yue Xing, Anna Blazejewska, Nin Bajaj, Dorothee P. Auer, Penny Gowland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:NeuroImage: Clinical
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158218301736