| Neuroimaging over the course of Parkinson's disease: from early detection of the at-risk patient to improving pharmacotherapy of later-stage disease. | |
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PMID: 23026362 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Brain imaging of striatal dopamine terminal degeneration serves an important role in the clinical management of Parkinson's disease (PD). Imaging biomarkers for interrogating dopaminergic systems are used for clarifying diagnosis when only subtle motor symptoms are present. However, motor dysfunction is not the earliest symptom of PD. There is increasing interest in identifying premotor PD patients, particularly because potential disease-modifying therapies are developed and the clinical imperative becomes early and accurate diagnosis. On the other end of the spectrum of the disease course, during later stages of PD, significant clinical challenges like levo-dopa-induced dyskinesias and medication on-off phenomenon become more prevalent. In this instance, better understanding of altered PD motor pathways suggests the potential utility of novel treatments targeting neuronal systems that are impacted by degenerating dopamine neurons and chronic dopamine replacement treatment. Molecular neuroimaging serves unique roles in both very early PD and later-stage disease, in the former, potentially pushing back the time of diagnosis, and in the latter, elucidating pathology relevant to new drug development. |
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John Seibyl; David Russell; Danna Jennings; Kenneth Marek |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Seminars in nuclear medicine Volume: 42 ISSN: 1558-4623 ISO Abbreviation: Semin Nucl Med Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-10-02 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1264464 Medline TA: Semin Nucl Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 406-14 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, New Haven, CT; Molecular Neuroimaging, LLC, New Haven, CT; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Electronic address: jseibyl@indd.org. |
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