Neuromelanin Imaging and Dopaminergic Loss in Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in which the major pathologic substrate is a loss of dopaminergic neurons from the substantia nigra. Our main objective was to determine the correspondence between changes in the substantia nigra, evident in neuromelanin and i...

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Main Authors: Isaias, Ioannis U., Trujillo, Paula, Summers, Paul, Marotta, Giorgio, Mainardi, Luca, Pezzoli, Gianni, Zecca, Luigi, Costa, Antonella
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992725/