Degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in the early to intermediate stage of dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease - Okitsu, Masato; Sugaya, Keizo; Nakata, Yasuhiro; Kawazoe, Tomoya; Ikezawa, Jun; Okiyama, Ryoichi; Takahashi, Kazushi (Journal of the neurological sciences, 2023)
Keywords: Corpus Striatum - diagnostic imaging; Corpus Striatum - metabolism; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Dopamine transporter scintigraphy; Dopaminergic Neurons - metabolism; Humans; Lewy Body Disease - diagnostic imaging; Lewy Body Disease - metabolism; Neurology; Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI; Nigrostriatal dopaminergic neuron; Parkinson Disease - diagnostic imaging; Parkinson Disease - metabolism; Parkinson's disease; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon - methods; Dopamine transporter scintigraphy; R2; SBR; Parkinson's disease; Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI; MRI; CI; MMSE-J; NRCLC; ROC; NRCSN; SPECT; AUC; ET; Nigrostriatal dopaminergic neuron; PD; DAT; LC; DLB; SN; NRC; Dementia with Lewy bodies; magnetic resonance imaging; NRC LC; locus coeruleus; receiver-operating characteristic; neuromelanin-related contrast in the substantia nigra; NRC SN; substantia nigra; R 2; specific binding ratio; area under the curve; neuromelanin-related contrast in the locus coeruleus; dopamine transporter; Mini Mental State Examination-Japanese; neuromelanin-related contrast; essential tremor; coefficient determination; confidence interval; single-photon emission computed tomography