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O'Callaghan, C., Shine, J. M., Lewis, S. J. G. and Hornberger, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2214-3788
(2014)
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease:Fronto-striatal atrophy contributions.
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 20 (8).
pp. 867-872.
ISSN 1353-8020
Abstract
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in Parkinson's disease (PD) have been mostly attributed to neurotransmitter imbalances. However, recent findings suggest that gray matter atrophy also contributes to NPS in PD. We contrast PD patients with different levels of NPS, who are well-matched for dopaminergic medication levels and disease stage, to identify the fronto-striatal gray matter atrophy areas associated with NPS in PD. Methods: Fifty mild, non-demented PD patients were included. We median-split the group via a neuropsychiatric screening tool (Cambridge Behavioural Inventory-Revised), which resulted in higher vs. lower NPS groups (n=25 in each group). Using T1 brain scans acquired on a 3 Tesla MRI scanner, voxel-based morphometry analysis was applied to characterize the pattern of fronto-striatal gray matter atrophy associated with elevated NPS. Results: We found that the higher NPS group was characterized by greater atrophy in the prefrontal cortex, but not striatal areas. This was further corroborated by a post-hoc analysis cross-correlating the severity of NPS with gray matter loss across the whole PD group, which revealed that atrophy in the orbitofrontal cortex and frontal pole was specifically associated with elevated NPS. Conclusions: Prefrontal cortex atrophy in PD has an additional effect to dopamine replacement therapy on the generation of NPS in these patients. These findings are an important step towards the delineation of atrophy vs. neurochemical imbalance in PD, and the results emphasize the importance of considering interactions between prefrontal atrophy and neurochemical dysfunction in the genesis of neuropsychiatric symptoms in PD.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | parkinson's disease,fronto-striatal,voxel-based morphometry,magnetic resonance imaging,neuropsychiatric |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Mental Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jan 2016 12:01 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 01:35 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/55930 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.04.027 |
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