Frontal lobe metabolic alterations characterizing Parkinson’s disease cognitive impairment
Chaudhary S, Kumaran S, Goyal V, Kalaivani M, Kaloiya G, Sagar R, Mehta N, Srivastava A, Jagannathan N. Frontal lobe metabolic alterations characterizing Parkinson’s disease cognitive impairment. Neurological Sciences 2020, 42: 1053-1064. PMID: 32729012, DOI: 10.1007/s10072-020-04626-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrontal gray matterParkinson's disease cognitive impairmentN-acetyl aspartateHealthy controlsGray matterCognitive impairmentMetabolic alterationsFrontal WMLC Model softwareProton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imagingFrontal white matter regionsCognitive biomarkersCholinergic neural transmissionPD-CN groupsMagnetic resonance spectroscopic imagingWhite matter regionsNeuro-metabolismPD dementiaFunctional impairmentPD-CIFunction lossNeural transmissionTotal creatineNormal cognitionTotal cholineCortical thickness and gyrification index measuring cognition in Parkinson’s disease
Chaudhary S, Kumaran S, Goyal V, Kaloiya G, Kalaivani M, Jagannathan N, Sagar R, Mehta N, Srivastava A. Cortical thickness and gyrification index measuring cognition in Parkinson’s disease. International Journal Of Neuroscience 2020, 131: 984-993. PMID: 32423354, DOI: 10.1080/00207454.2020.1766459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy controlsRegional cortical thicknessCortical thicknessGyrification indexCortical thinningDisease patientsGI reductionDesikan-Killiany atlasNormal healthy controlsPD-CNParkinson's disease patientsWidespread cortical thinningCortico-cortical connectivityClinical variablesPD-CIParkinson's diseaseDisease pathophysiologyNormal cognitionTemporal regionsROC analysisBrain surfaceAnatomical MRIBrain ROIsPatientsSuch alterations