An investigation of neuromelanin distribution in substantia nigra and locus coeruleus in patients with Parkinson’s disease using neuromelanin-sensitive MRI
Abstract Loss of neuromelanin in the midbrain is known in Parkinson’s disease(PD), which can now be directly detected by neuromelanin-sensitive MRI(NM-MRI). This case-control study was to investigate the distribution of neuromelanin in the substantia nigra(SN) and the locus coeruleus(LC) using NM-MR...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Neurology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03350-z |