Cortical gray and subcortical white matter associations in Parkinson's disease

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• 作者：Nicholas W. Sterling^a ; Guangwei Du^a ; Mechelle M. Lewis^a ; ^b ; Steven Swavely^a ; Lan Kong^c ; Martin Styner^d ; ^e ; Xuemei Huang^a ; ^b ; ^f ; ^g ; ^h ; ^{xuemei@psu.edu}
• 关键词：Parkinson's disease ; Cortical atrophy ; White matter ; Myelin ; Diffusion-tensor imaging
• 刊名：Neurobiology of Aging
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：49
• 期：Complete
• 页码：100-108
• 全文大小：828 K
• 卷排序：49

文摘

Cortical atrophy has been documented in both Parkinson's disease (PD) and healthy aging, but its relationship to changes in subcortical white matter is unknown. This was investigated by obtaining T1- and diffusion-weighted images from 76 PD and 70 controls at baseline and 18 and 36 months, from which cortical volumes and underlying subcortical white matter axial diffusivity (AD), radial diffusivity (RD), and fractional anisotropy (FA) were determined. Twelve of 69 cortical subregions had significant group differences, and for these, underlying subcortical white matter was explored. At baseline, higher cortical volumes were significantly correlated with lower underlying subcortical white matter AD, RD, and higher FA (ps ≤ 0.017) in PD. Longitudinally, higher rates of cortical atrophy in PD were associated with increased rates of change in AD RD, and FA values (ps ≤ 0.0013) in 2 subregions explored. The significant gray-white matter associations were not found in controls. Thus, unlike healthy aging, cortical atrophy and subcortical white matter changes may not be independent events in PD.