Substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease: a multimodal MRI comparison between early and advanced stages of the disease

Domenico Aquino, Valeria Contarino, Alberto Albanese, Ludovico Minati, Laura Farina, Marina Grisoli, Antonio Elia, Antonio Emanuele Elia, Maria Grazia Bruzzone, Luisa Chiapparini

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Abstract

This study focused on the substantia nigra (SN) in Parkinson's disease (PD). We measured its area and volume, mean diffusivity (MD), fractional anisotropy (FA) and iron concentration in early and late PD and correlated the values with clinical scores. Twenty-two early PD (EPD), 20 late PD (LPD) and 20 healthy subjects (age 64.7 ± 4.9, 60.5 ± 6.1, and 61 ± 7.2 years, respectively) underwent 1.5 T MR imaging with double-TI-IR T1-weighted, T2*-weighted and diffusion tensor imaging scans. Relative SN area, MD, FA and R2* were measured in ROIs traced on SN. Correlation with Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) scores was assessed. In LPD, the SN area was significantly reduced with respect to EPD (p = 0.04) and control subjects (p < 0.001). In EPD, the SN area was also significantly smaller than in controls (p = 0.006). Similarly, the SN volume significantly differed between LPD and controls (p = 0.001) and between EPD and LPD (p = 0.049), while no significant differences were found between controls and EPD. Both SN area (r = 0.47, p = 0.004) and volume (r = 0.46, p = 0.005) correlated with UPDRS scores. At 1.5 T, SN morphological measurements were sensitive to early PD changes and able to track the disease progression, while MD and FA measures and relaxometry did not provide significant results.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)753-758
Numero di pagine6
RivistaNeurological Sciences
Volume35
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2014

Keywords

  • Parkinson disease

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