Premotor Gray Matter Volume is Associated with Clinical Findings in Idiopathic and Genetically Determined Parkinson's Disease

K Reetz, H R Siebner, C Gaser, J Hagenah, C Buechel, M Kasten, D Petersen, P P Pramstaller, C Klein, F Binkofksi

Abstract

In the present voxel-based morphometric study, we investigated whether the severity and duration of disease are associated with alterations in gray matter volume (GMV) in symptomatic Parkin mutation carriers (sPARKIN-MC) and patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (iPD). Regression analyses revealed different negative correlations between GMV in cortical motor areas and the severity as well as the disease duration in sPARKIN-MC and iPD patients. SPARKIN-MC showed a less involvement of cortical motor areas, in particular in the supplementary motor area (SMA) than iPD patients. Specifically, in iPD patients, but not in sPARKIN-MC, there was a negative correlation between the SMA degeneration and the UPDRS-II item freezing. The different degeneration patterns may mirror diverse kinetics of the disease progress in these two groups of PD patients with different underlying etiologies.

Original languageEnglish
JournalThe open neuroimaging journal
Volume2
Pages (from-to)102-5
Number of pages4
ISSN1874-4400
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27.09.2008

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