Abstract
Background: Patients with Parkinson's disease have reduced gray matter volume and fractional anisotropy in both cortical and sub-cortical structures, yet changes in the pre-motor phase of the disease are unknown. Methods: A comprehensive imaging study using voxel-based morphometry and diffusion tensor imaging tract-based spatial statistics analysis was performed on 64 Ashkenazi Jewish asymptomatic first degree relatives of patients with Parkinson's disease (30 mutation carriers), who carry the G2019S mutation in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene. Results: No between-group differences in gray matter volume could be noted in either whole-brain or volume-of-interest analysis. Diffusion tensor imaging analysis did not identify group differences in white matter areas, and volume-of-interest analysis identified no differences in diffusivity parameters in Parkinson's disease-related structures. Conclusions: G2019S carriers do not manifest changes in gray matter volume or diffusivity parameters in Parkinson's disease-related structures prior to the appearance of motor symptoms.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 823-827 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Movement Disorders |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Diffusion tensor imaging
- G2019S
- LRRK2
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Parkinson's disease
- Voxel-based morphometry
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology