期刊
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
卷 80, 期 -, 页码 203-209出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.05.004
关键词
Parkinson's disease; Diffusion tensor imaging; White matter hyperintensity; Magnetization transfer imaging; White matter; Aging
资金
- Stichting ParkinsonFonds, the Netherlands
As age and Parkinson's disease (PD) both play a role in the degeneration of brain white matter, we aimed to investigate a possible interaction effect of age and disease presence on white matter integrity in patients with PD. We studied white matterhyperintensity volume, global fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity and mean magnetization transfer ratio of normal appearing white matter in 163 patients with PD and 218 age- and gender-matched healthy control subjects. We investigated the relationship between age and these parameters in both groups, and interaction between age and disease presence. Patients with PD had a higher load of white matter hyperintensities with a preferential periventricular and anterior distribution as compared with healthy control subjects. Visuospatial functioning was related to total and postural instability and gait difficultywas related to periventricular white matter hyperintensity volume in patients with PD. The age-related decline of white matter integrity was similar for both groups. Global microstructural integrity of the normal appearing white matter did not differ betweenpatients and healthy control subjects, suggesting that PD-specific changes do not exceed normal age-associated change in white matter without lesions. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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