Dynamics of nigral iron accumulation in Parkinson's disease: from diagnosis to late stage

G Du, E Wang, C Sica, H Chen, S De Jesus… - Movement …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Higher nigral iron has been reported in Parkinson's disease (PD). Objective
The aim is to understand the dynamics of nigral iron accumulation in PD and its association …

Ventral posterior substantia nigra iron increases over 3 years in Parkinson's disease

N Bergsland, R Zivadinov, F Schweser… - Movement …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized in part by the progressive
accumulation of iron within the substantia nigra (SN); however, its spatial and temporal …

Low plasma serotonin linked to higher nigral iron in Parkinson's disease

LC Jellen, MM Lewis, G Du, X Wang, MLE Galvis… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
A growing body of evidence suggests nigral iron accumulation plays an important role in the
pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD), contributing to dopaminergic neuron loss in …

Nigral iron deposition occurs across motor phenotypes of Parkinson's disease

L Jin, J Wang, H Jin, G Fei, Y Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose: To investigate whether brain iron deposition correlates with motor
phenotypic expressions of Parkinson's disease. Methods: We subtyped patients with …

Reproducible detection of nigral iron deposition in 2 Parkinson's disease cohorts

J Langley, N He, DE Huddleston, S Chen… - Movement …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Previous studies investigating nigral iron accumulation used T2 or T2*‐
weighted contrasts to define the regions of interest (ROIs) in the substantia nigra with mixed …

Motor associations of iron accumulation in deep grey matter nuclei in Parkinson's disease: A cross‐sectional study of iron‐related magnetic resonance imaging …

A Martin‐Bastida, NP Lao‐Kaim… - European journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose To determine whether iron deposition in deep brain nuclei
assessed using high‐pass filtered phase imaging plays a role in motor disease severity in …

Influence of regional iron on the motor impairments of Parkinson's disease: a quantitative susceptibility mapping study

X Guan, M Xuan, Q Gu, X Xu, P Huang… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Because the roles of striatal‐thalamo‐cortical and cerebello‐thalamo‐cortical
circuits in the heterogeneous motor impairments of Parkinson's disease (PD) are becoming …

Region-specific iron measured by MRI as a biomarker for Parkinson's disease

X Guan, X Xu, M Zhang - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2017 - Springer
The identification of sensitive and specific biomarkers for Parkinson's disease (PD) poses an
important clinical challenge. A potential biomarker for early diagnosis and disease …

Iron accumulation is not homogenous among patients with Parkinson's disease

K Dashtipour, M Liu, C Kani, P Dalaie… - Parkinson's …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Iron is considered to lead to neurodegeneration and has been hypothesized as
a possible cause of Parkinson's disease (PD). Susceptibility‐weighted imaging (SWI) is a …

Nigral iron elevation is an invariable feature of Parkinson's disease and is a sufficient cause of neurodegeneration

S Ayton, P Lei - BioMed research international, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor deficits
accompanying degeneration of substantia nigra pars compactor (SNc) neurons. Although …