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Genomes and GenesSpecies | Andrea VarroneSummaryAffiliation: Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute Country: Italy Publications
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Reduced striatal [123 I]FP-CIT binding in SCA2 patients without parkinsonismAndrea Varrone
Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute, National Research Council, Via S Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
Ann Neurol 55:426-30. 2004..Striatal DAT density of SCA2 patients correlated with the severity of cerebellar ataxia...- Imaging of dopaminergic dysfunction with [123I]FP-CIT SPECT in early-onset parkin diseaseA Varrone
Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute, National Research Council, Via S Pansini, 5, 80131, Napoli, Italy
Neurology 63:2097-103. 2004..To investigate whether the presence of parkin gene mutations is associated with different nigrostriatal impairment than other early-onset parkinsonism... 
Comparison between a dual-head and a brain-dedicated SPECT system in the measurement of the loss of dopamine transporters with [123I]FP-CITAndrea Varrone
Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute, National Research Council Department of Biomorphological and Functional Sciences, University Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 35:1343-9. 2008..There are limited data comparing the capability of the two types of system to measure dopamine transporter (DAT) loss in vivo...- Nigrostriatal involvement in ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1Elena Salvatore
Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
J Neurol 255:45-8. 2008..Nigrostriatal impairment occurred even in the absence of extrapyramidal features. Our data suggest subclinical involvement of basal ganglia in AOA1... - Identification by [99mTc]ECD SPECT of anterior cingulate hypoperfusion in progressive supranuclear palsy, in comparison with Parkinson's diseaseAndrea Varrone
Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute, National Research Council Department of Biomorphological and Functional Sciences, University Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 34:1071-81. 2007.... - Parkinsonism and essential tremor in a family with pseudo-dominant inheritance of PARK2: an FP-CIT SPECT studyMaria Teresa Pellecchia
Department of Neurological Sciences, University Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Mov Disord 22:559-63. 2007..In 3 homozygotes and 1 heterozygote, a 2-year follow-up single photon emission computed tomography suggested no progression of nigrostriatal deficit... - SPECT imaging of GABA(A)/benzodiazepine receptors and cerebral perfusion in mild cognitive impairmentSabina Pappata
Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, CNR, Via Pansini 5, Edificio 10, 80131, Naples, Italy
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37:1156-63. 2010..Our aims were to investigate in vivo the integrity of cerebral cortical GABA(A)/BZD receptors in subjects with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and to compare possible receptor changes to those in cerebral perfusion... - Voxel-based comparison of rCBF SPET images in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease highlights the involvement of different cortical networksAndrea Varrone
Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute, National Research Council, Via S Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 29:1447-54. 2002..Furthermore, they highlight the networks that are more specifically impaired in these disorders and that could be implicated in the emotional-behavioural and cognitive disturbances that characterise FTD and AD respectively... - Highlights of the Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul, 2005: The incremental value of nuclear medicine for patient management and careAlberto Cuocolo
Department of Biomorphological and Functional Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via S Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 33:360-81. 2006.... - Characterization of nigrostriatal dysfunction in spinocerebellar ataxia 17Elena Salvatore
Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Mov Disord 21:872-5. 2006..Dopamine transporter reduction was symmetrical and uniform in caudate and putamen and it correlated with the clinical severity of ataxia... - Effect of scatter correction on the compartmental measurement of striatal and extrastriatal dopamine D2 receptors using [123I]epidepride SPETMasahiro Fujita
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 31:644-54. 2004..It is concluded that SC is required for accurate quantification of distribution volumes of receptor ligands in SPET studies... - Sex differences in the serotonin 1A receptor and serotonin transporter binding in the human brain measured by PETHristina Jovanovic
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry Section, Stockholm, Sweden
Neuroimage 39:1408-19. 2008..The result of the present study may help in understanding sex differences in drug treatment responses to drugs affecting the serotonin system... - Contribution of scatter and attenuation compensation to SPECT images of nonuniformly distributed brain activitiesKyeong Min Kim
Department of Investigative Radiology, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita City, Osaka 565-8565, Japan
J Nucl Med 44:512-9. 2003..This scatter correction method was approximately equally useful with data from the 6 different collimators and is recommended for more accurate quantitation of nonuniformly distributed brain activities... - PINK1 homozygous W437X mutation in a patient with apparent dominant transmission of parkinsonismChiara Criscuolo
Department of Neurological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
Mov Disord 21:1265-7. 2006..The mother, heterozygote for W437X mutation, was affected by Parkinson's disease and 3 further relatives were reported affected, according to an autosomal dominant transmission...