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MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 823-827Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25827
Keywords
Parkinson's disease; LRRK2; G2019S; magnetic resonance imaging; diffusion tensor imaging; voxel-based morphometry
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- Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson Research
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (VIDI) [016.076.352]
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BackgroundPatients with Parkinson's disease have reduced gray matter volume and fractional anisotropy in both cortical and sub-cortical structures, yet changes in the pre-motor phase of the disease are unknown. MethodsA comprehensive imaging study using voxel-based morphometry and diffusion tensor imaging tract-based spatial statistics analysis was performed on 64 Ashkenazi Jewish asymptomatic first degree relatives of patients with Parkinson's disease (30 mutation carriers), who carry the G2019S mutation in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene. ResultsNo between-group differences in gray matter volume could be noted in either whole-brain or volume-of-interest analysis. Diffusion tensor imaging analysis did not identify group differences in white matter areas, and volume-of-interest analysis identified no differences in diffusivity parameters in Parkinson's disease-related structures. ConclusionsG2019S carriers do not manifest changes in gray matter volume or diffusivity parameters in Parkinson's disease-related structures prior to the appearance of motor symptoms. (c) 2014 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
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