Brain Images of Patients with and without Parkinson's Disease (IMAGE)

University of Sheffield

Brain Images of Patients with and without Parkinson's Disease

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This shows striatal dopamine innervation assessed by 18-fluorodopa positron emission tomography (PET). A. PET scan from a control subjects showing high striatal uptake (highest value in red). B. Example of a patient with Parkinson’s disease with motor signs mainly confined to the left limbs. Uptake is markedly reduced in the right posterior putamen (area indicated by arrow is 70 percent below normal) and to a minor extent in the anterior putamen and caudate of the left hemisphere.

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Modified from Obeso JA et al. <i>Nat. Med.</i> 2010

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