Iron accumulation in the ventral tegmental area in Parkinson's disease

Iron accumulation in the ventral tegmental area in Parkinson's disease

IntroductionThe ventral tegmental area (VTA) is less affected compared to substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) in Parkinson's disease (PD). This study aimed to quantitatively evaluate iron content in the VTA across different stages of PD in order to help explain the selective loss of dopamine n...

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Main Authors: Dongling Zhang, Junye Yao, Junyan Sun, Junling Wang, Lili Chen, Hongjian He, Tao Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Parkinson's disease
ventral tegmental area (VTA)
idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD)
iron deposition
quantitative susceptibility mapping
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1187684/full

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