Striatal dopaminergic denervation and hypomimia in Parkinson's disease

J Pasquini^{1

2}, N Pavese^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit and Laboratory of Neuroscience, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
³ Clinical Ageing Research Unit, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.

Comment

J Pasquini et al. Eur J Neurol. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;28(1):e2-e3.

doi: 10.1111/ene.14483. Epub 2020 Sep 7.

J Pasquini^{1

2}, N Pavese^{3

4}

¹ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit and Laboratory of Neuroscience, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
³ Clinical Ageing Research Unit, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.

No abstract available

Keywords: 123I-FP-CIT SPECT; PPMI; Parkinson’s disease; hypomimia; striatum.

Comment on

Hypomimia in Parkinson's disease: an axial sign responsive to levodopa.
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