Multimodal MRI evaluation of parkinsonian limbic pathologies.
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SUBMITTER: Wang EW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461740 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
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Multimodal MRI evaluation of parkinsonian limbic pathologies.
Wang Ernest W EW Du Guangwei G Lewis Mechelle M MM Lee Eun-Young EY De Jesus Sol S Kanekar Sangam S Kong Lan L Huang Xuemei X
Neurobiology of aging 20190116
Previous multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of parkinsonian syndromes have focused primarily on motor-related basal ganglia structures. The present study investigated MRI changes in nonmotor-related limbic structures in 35 Parkinson's disease, 16 multiple system atrophy parkinsonian subtype, 17 progressive supranuclear palsy, and 37 control subjects. Mean diffusivity (MD), fractional anisotropy, transverse relaxation rate (R2*), quantitative susceptibility mapping, and volume me ...[more]
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