Brain muscarinic receptors in progressive supranuclear palsy and Parkinson's disease: a positron emission tomographic study
Brain muscarinic receptors in progressive supranuclear palsy and Parkinson's disease: a positron emission tomographic study
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DOI:
10.1136/jnnp.65.2.155
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发表时间:
1998-08-01
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11
通讯作者:
Hattori, T
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作者:
Asahina, M;Suhara, T;Hattori, T
Objectives-To assess muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) in the brains of patients with progressive supranuclear palsy and Parkinson's disease, and to correlate the cholinergic system with cognitive function in progressive supranuclear palsy and Parkinson's disease.Methods-Positron emission tomography (PET) and [C-11]N-methyl-4-piperidyl benzilate ([C-11]NMPB) was used to measure mAChRs in the brain of seven patients with progressive supranuclear palsy, 12 patients with Parkinson's disease, and eight healthy controls. All of the patients with progressive supranuclear palsy were demented. The Parkinson's disease group consisted of 11 non-demented patients and one demented patient. The mini mental state examination (MMSE) was used to assess the severity of cognitive dysfunction in all of the subjects. The modified Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) was used to evaluate frontal cognitive function in the non-demented patients with Parkinson's disease and controls.Results-The mean K-3 value, an index of mAChR binding, was significantly higher for the frontal cortex in the patients with Parkinson's disease than in the controls (p