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Subtle changes in central dopaminergic tone underlie bradykinesia in essential tremor

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NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL
卷 40, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103526

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Bradykinesia; DAT-SPECT; Essential tremor; Parkinson 's disease

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This research investigated the correlation between basal ganglia dopaminergic neurotransmission and finger movements abnormalities in patients with essential tremor (ET) and Parkinson's disease (PD). The findings showed that ET patients had slower finger tapping and normal radiotracer uptake levels in the striatum, while PD patients had reduced uptake. There was also a connection between radiotracer uptake and movement velocity during finger tapping in both patient groups.
Introduction: In this research, our primary objective was to explore the correlation between basal ganglia dopaminergic neurotransmission, assessed using 123I-FP-CIT (DAT-SPECT), and finger movements abnormalities in patients with essential tremor (ET) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods: We enrolled 16 patients with ET, 17 with PD, and 18 healthy controls (HC). Each participant underwent comprehensive clinical evaluations, kinematic assessments of finger tapping. ET and PD patients underwent DAT-SPECT imaging. The DAT-SPECT scans were subjected to both visual and semi-quantitative analysis using DaTQUANT (R). We then investigated the correlations between the clinical, kinematic, and DAT-SPECT data, in patients. Results: Our findings confirm that individuals with ET exhibited slower finger tapping than HC. Visual evaluation of radiotracer uptake in both striata demonstrated normal levels within the ET patient cohort, while PD patients displayed reduced uptake. However, there was notable heterogeneity in the quantification of uptake within the striata among ET patients. Additionally, we found a correlation between the amount of radiotracer uptake in the striatum and movement velocity during finger tapping in patients. Specifically, lower radioligand uptake corresponded to decreased movement velocity (ET: coef. = 0.53, p-adj = 0.03; PD: coef. = 0.59, p-adj = 0.01). Conclusion: The study's findings suggest a potential link between subtle changes in central dopaminergic tone and altered voluntary movement execution, in ET. These results provide further insights into the pathophysiology of ET. However, longitudinal studies are essential to determine whether the slight reduction in dopaminergic tone observed in ET patients represents a distinct subtype of the disease or could serve as a predictor for the clinical progression into PD.

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