In:
Movement Disorders, Wiley, Vol. 34, No. 10 ( 2019-10), p. 1566-1570
Abstract:
The pathophysiology of the hypothalamic involvement in Parkinson's disease (PD) is not well understood. The objective of this study was the quantification of hypothalamic volumes in vivo in PD. Methods High‐resolution T 1 ‐weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from 232 individuals with PD and 130 healthy non‐PD individuals were used for quantification of the hypothalamic volumes. Results The hypothalamus in PD was not atrophied, as indicated by volumetric analyses in the prospectively collected subcohort (30 PD, V = 921 ± 78 mm 3 vs 30 non‐PD, V = 917 ± 67 mm 3 ; P = 0.850) and validated in a large cohort (202 PD, V = 925 ± 88 mm 3 vs 100 non‐PD, V = 932 ± 114 mm 3 ; P = 0.602). Conclusions Hypothalamic involvement in PD as shown by a large body of histopathological evidence does not appear to be detectable by MRI‐based volumetric quantification. © 2019 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0885-3185
,
1531-8257
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2019
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2041249-6
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