Regional brain stem atrophy in idiopathic Parkinson's disease detected by anatomical MRI.

Regional brain stem atrophy in idiopathic Parkinson's disease detected by anatomical MRI.

Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the dysfunction of dopaminergic dependent cortico-basal ganglia loops and diagnosed on the basis of motor symptoms (tremors and/or rigidity and bradykinesia). Post-mortem studies tend to show that the destructi...

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Main Authors: Thomas Jubault, Simona M Brambati, Clotilde Degroot, Benoît Kullmann, Antonio P Strafella, Anne-Louise Lafontaine, Sylvain Chouinard, Oury Monchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2784293?pdf=render

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