123I-FP-CIT SPECT [(123) I-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)-N-(3-fluoropropyl) nortropane single photon emission computed tomography] Imaging in a p.A53T α-synuclein Parkinson's disease cohort versus Parkinson's disease.
Christos KorosAthina SimitsiAndreas PrentakisIon BeratisDimitra PapadimitriouDionysia KontaxopoulouStella FragkiadakiNikolaos PapagiannakisJohn SeibylKenneth MarekSokratis G PapageorgiouXenia Geronicola TrapaliMaria StamelouLeonidas StefanisPublished in: Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society (2018)
PD patients harboring the p.A53T SNCA mutation show evidence of a more severe nigrostriatal denervation, especially evident in the caudate nucleus. The lack of significant differences in the putaminal binding ratios may reflect a floor effect or a true preferential targeting of the caudate terminals in p.A53T SNCA-associated PD. © 2018 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.