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Single-photon emission tomography and dopamine transporter imaging in Parkinson's diseaseKenneth Marek
Department of Neurology, Institute for Neurogenerative Disorders, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Adv Neurol 91:183-91. 2003
[123I]beta-CIT SPECT imaging assessment of the rate of Parkinson's disease progressionK Marek
Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Neurology 57:2089-94. 2001..123I]beta-CIT and SPECT imaging of the dopamine transporter is a sensitive biomarker of PD onset and severity...
Can we image premotor Parkinson disease?Kenneth Marek
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, New Haven, CT, USA
Neurology 72:S21-6. 2009....
Do dopamine agonists or levodopa modify Parkinson's disease progression?K Marek
The Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Eur J Neurol 9:15-22. 2002..These data highlight the need to compare imaging outcomes of dopamine neuronal loss with multiple meaningful clinical endpoints of disease progression in placebo controlled, larger and long-term studies...
Dopamine agonists and Parkinson's disease progression: what can we learn from neuroimaging studiesKenneth Marek
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Ann Neurol 53:S160-6; discussion S166-9. 2003
Biomarkers for Parkinson's [corrected] disease: tools to assess Parkinson's disease onset and progressionKenneth Marek
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, New Haven, CT, USA
Ann Neurol 64:S111-21. 2008....
The role of neuroimaging in the early diagnosis and evaluation of Parkinson's diseaseJ Seibyl
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Minerva Med 96:353-64. 2005....
The molecular basis of dopaminergic brain imaging in Parkinson's diseaseJ Seibyl
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Molecular NeuroImaging, LLC, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 56:4-16. 2012..The interplay between other neurochemical brain systems and dopamine elucidates potential new targets for therapeutic intervention across the stages of the disease...
Unique roles of SPET brain imaging in clinical and research studies. Lessons from Parkinson's disease researchJ Seibyl
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, 60 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 49:215-21. 2005..Review of neuroimaging studies of PD provides a useful example of optimized approaches to clinical and research studies in neuropsychiatric disorders...
Maternal inheritance and mitochondrial DNA variants in familial Parkinson's diseaseDavid K Simon
Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Med Genet 11:53. 2010..We investigated the potential contribution of mtDNA variants or mutations to the risk of PD...
Imaging the dopamine system to assess disease-modifying drugs: studies comparing dopamine agonists and levodopaKenneth Marek
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
Neurology 61:S43-8. 2003
Serum urate as a predictor of clinical and radiographic progression in Parkinson diseaseMichael A Schwarzschild
MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Arch Neurol 65:716-23. 2008..To determine whether concentration of serum urate, a purine metabolite and potent antioxidant that has been linked to a reduced risk of Parkinson disease (PD), predicts prognosis in PD...
Pramipexole vs levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson disease: a 4-year randomized controlled trialRobert G Holloway
Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, 1351 Mt Hope Avenue, Suite 220, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
Arch Neurol 61:1044-53. 2004..The best way to initiate dopaminergic therapy for early Parkinson disease remains unclear...
Optimized, automated striatal uptake analysis applied to SPECT brain scans of Parkinson's disease patientsI George Zubal
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, and Molecular Neuroimaging, LLC, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
J Nucl Med 48:857-64. 2007....
Displacement of serotonin and dopamine transporters by venlafaxine extended release capsule at steady state: a [123I]2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)-tropane single photon emission computed tomography imaging studyYili Shang
Global Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT 06340, USA
J Clin Psychopharmacol 27:71-5. 2007....
Levodopa and the progression of Parkinson's diseaseStanley Fahn
Columbia University, New York, USA
N Engl J Med 351:2498-508. 2004..This study assessed the effect of levodopa on the rate of progression of Parkinson's disease...
The specificity and sensitivity of transcranial ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease: a prospective blinded studyAlexandra Gaenslen
Center of Neurology, Department of Neurodegeneration and Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, University of Tubingen, Germany
Lancet Neurol 7:417-24. 2008..We aimed to determine the diagnostic value of TCS in the early stages of parkinsonian syndromes, when the clinical symptoms often do not enable a definite diagnosis to be made...
Role of DAT-SPECT in the diagnostic work up of parkinsonismChristoph Scherfler
Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Mov Disord 22:1229-38. 2007..This review addresses the value of DAT-SPECT in early differential diagnosis, and its potential as a screening tool for subjects at risk of developing PD as well as issues around the assessment of disease progression...
Looking backward to move forward: early detection of neurodegenerative disordersSteven T DeKosky
Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Disease Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Science 302:830-4. 2003..Early detection of these slowly progressive diseases offers the promise of presymptomatic diagnosis and, ultimately, of disease-modifying medications for use early in disease and during the presymptomatic period...
Risk factors for Parkinson's disease and impaired olfaction in relatives of patients with Parkinson's diseaseAndrew Siderowf
Parkinson s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mov Disord 22:2249-55. 2007..Further research is warranted to determine whether a history of lower caffeine consumption confers additional risk for the development of PD in hyposmic relatives of PD patients...
