Detailed anatomical volumetric study of deep nuclei of brain and other structures between parkinson's disease patients who had deep brain stimulation (DBS) and control group

Background: In my country, Deep Brain stimulation surgery (DBS) was pioneered by Neuroscience team Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) nearly a decade ago. The treatment was mainly directed to advanced Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients. Objectives: It is known that volume reducti...

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Main Author: Hwee, Goh Chin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/44979/1/Dr.%20Goh%20Chin%20Hwee-24%20pages.pdf
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description Background: In my country, Deep Brain stimulation surgery (DBS) was pioneered by Neuroscience team Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) nearly a decade ago. The treatment was mainly directed to advanced Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients. Objectives: It is known that volume reduction occurs with age, we searched to define the degree of volume discrepancy in PD patients and attempted to correlate the anatomical volumetric changes to motor symptoms and cognitive function. Methods: The research aimed to establish a baseline Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based volumetric analysis of the seven brain structures (Head of caudate nucleus, Putamen, Thalamus, Globus pallidus, Hippocampal head, Amygdala & Subthalamic nucleus) of selected pre-DBS advanced PD patients in comparison to matched healthy controls. Results: Significant atrophy and volume discrepancy were observed in PD surgical group, though thalamus and amygdala were not affected. Positive correlation of globus pallidus volume to higher mental function in the absence of cognitive or behavioural problem. Conclusions: These findings might imply that structural alteration could be the early changes prior to clinical manifestation and PD involves multiple alternative pathway other than nigrostriatal circuit.
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spelling usm.eprints-449792020-10-22T03:03:14Z http://eprints.usm.my/44979/ Detailed anatomical volumetric study of deep nuclei of brain and other structures between parkinson's disease patients who had deep brain stimulation (DBS) and control group Hwee, Goh Chin RC31-1245 Internal medicine Background: In my country, Deep Brain stimulation surgery (DBS) was pioneered by Neuroscience team Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) nearly a decade ago. The treatment was mainly directed to advanced Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients. Objectives: It is known that volume reduction occurs with age, we searched to define the degree of volume discrepancy in PD patients and attempted to correlate the anatomical volumetric changes to motor symptoms and cognitive function. Methods: The research aimed to establish a baseline Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based volumetric analysis of the seven brain structures (Head of caudate nucleus, Putamen, Thalamus, Globus pallidus, Hippocampal head, Amygdala & Subthalamic nucleus) of selected pre-DBS advanced PD patients in comparison to matched healthy controls. Results: Significant atrophy and volume discrepancy were observed in PD surgical group, though thalamus and amygdala were not affected. Positive correlation of globus pallidus volume to higher mental function in the absence of cognitive or behavioural problem. Conclusions: These findings might imply that structural alteration could be the early changes prior to clinical manifestation and PD involves multiple alternative pathway other than nigrostriatal circuit. 2017 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/44979/1/Dr.%20Goh%20Chin%20Hwee-24%20pages.pdf Hwee, Goh Chin (2017) Detailed anatomical volumetric study of deep nuclei of brain and other structures between parkinson's disease patients who had deep brain stimulation (DBS) and control group. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Detailed anatomical volumetric study of deep nuclei of brain and other structures between parkinson's disease patients who had deep brain stimulation (DBS) and control group
title Detailed anatomical volumetric study of deep nuclei of brain and other structures between parkinson's disease patients who had deep brain stimulation (DBS) and control group
title_full Detailed anatomical volumetric study of deep nuclei of brain and other structures between parkinson's disease patients who had deep brain stimulation (DBS) and control group
title_fullStr Detailed anatomical volumetric study of deep nuclei of brain and other structures between parkinson's disease patients who had deep brain stimulation (DBS) and control group
title_full_unstemmed Detailed anatomical volumetric study of deep nuclei of brain and other structures between parkinson's disease patients who had deep brain stimulation (DBS) and control group
title_short Detailed anatomical volumetric study of deep nuclei of brain and other structures between parkinson's disease patients who had deep brain stimulation (DBS) and control group
title_sort detailed anatomical volumetric study of deep nuclei of brain and other structures between parkinson s disease patients who had deep brain stimulation dbs and control group
topic RC31-1245 Internal medicine
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