[en] Highlights First whole-brain probabilistic tractography study in Parkinson's disease High quality diffusion-weighted images (120 gradient directions, b = 2500 s/mm2)
Voxel-based group analysis comparing early-stage patients and controls Abnormal reconstructed track density in the nigrostriatal pathway and brainstem
Track density also increased in limbic and cognitive circuits.
Research Center/Unit :
GIGA CRC (Cyclotron Research Center) In vivo Imaging-Aging & Memory - ULiège
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Ziegler, Erik ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Rouillard, Maud ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
André, Elodie; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Coolen, Tim; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Stender, Johan; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Balteau, Evelyne ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Phillips, Christophe ✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Garraux, Gaëtan ✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques
✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.
Language :
English
Title :
Mapping track density changes in nigrostriatal and extranigral pathways in Parkinson's disease
Publication date :
October 2014
Journal title :
NeuroImage
ISSN :
1053-8119
eISSN :
1095-9572
Publisher :
Elsevier Science, Orlando, United States - Florida
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