Progression of Parkinson's Disease in Brain (White Background) (IMAGE)

King's College London

Progression of Parkinson's Disease in Brain (White Background)

Caption

Brain imaging showing loss in serotonin function as Parkinson's disease progresses.

Blue/black areas show that serotonin function reduces before movement symptoms develop.

Credit

Neurodegeneration Imaging Group, King's College London

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Only for use in conjunction with the following paper: 'Serotonergic pathology linked with the premotor phase of A53T &#945;-synuclein parkinsonism and with disease burden: cross-sectional studies', <em>The Lancet Neurology</em>, DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30140-1

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