In Vivo Assessment of Brainstem Depigmentation in Parkinson Disease: Potential as a Severity Marker for Multicenter Studies
(2016)
Journal Article
Schwarz, S. T., Xing, Y., Tomar, P., Bajaj, N., & Auer, D. P. (2017). In Vivo Assessment of Brainstem Depigmentation in Parkinson Disease: Potential as a Severity Marker for Multicenter Studies. Radiology, 283(3), 789-798. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2016160662
Purpose:
To investigate the pattern of neuromelanin signal intensity loss within the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), locus coeruleus, and ventral tegmental area in Parkinson disease (PD); the specific aims were (a) to study regional magnetic...
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