Article ; Online: Levodopa responsive freezing of gait is associated with reduced norepinephrine transporter binding in Parkinson's disease.
2023 Volume 179, Page(s) 106048
Abstract: Background: Freezing of gait (FOG) is a major cause of falling in Parkinson's disease (PD) and can be responsive or unresponsive to levodopa. Pathophysiology is poorly understood.: Objective: To examine the link between noradrenergic systems, the ... ...
Abstract | Background: Freezing of gait (FOG) is a major cause of falling in Parkinson's disease (PD) and can be responsive or unresponsive to levodopa. Pathophysiology is poorly understood. Objective: To examine the link between noradrenergic systems, the development of FOG in PD and its responsiveness to levodopa. Methods: We examined norepinephrine transporter (NET) binding via brain positron emission tomography (PET) to evaluate changes in NET density associated with FOG using the high affinity selective NET antagonist radioligand [ Results: Linear mixed models identified significant reductions in whole brain NET binding in the OFF-FOG group compared to the NO-FOG group (-16.8%, P = 0.021) and regionally in the frontal lobe, left and right thalamus, temporal lobe, and locus coeruleus, with the strongest effect in right thalamus (P = 0.038). Additional regions examined in a post hoc secondary analysis including the left and right amygdalae confirmed the contrast between OFF-FOG and NO-FOG (P = 0.003). A linear regression analysis identified an association between reduced NET binding in the right thalamus and more severe New FOG Questionnaire (N-FOG-Q) score only in the OFF-FOG group (P = 0.022). Conclusion: This is the first study to examine brain noradrenergic innervation using NET-PET in PD patients with and without FOG. Based on the normal regional distribution of noradrenergic innervation and pathological studies in the thalamus of PD patients, the implications of our findings suggest that noradrenergic limbic pathways may play a key role in OFF-FOG in PD. This finding could have implications for clinical subtyping of FOG as well as development of therapies. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Parkinson Disease/complications ; Parkinson Disease/diagnostic imaging ; Parkinson Disease/drug therapy ; Levodopa/therapeutic use ; Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins ; Gait Disorders, Neurologic/diagnostic imaging ; Gait Disorders, Neurologic/drug therapy ; Gait Disorders, Neurologic/etiology ; Gait |
Chemical Substances | Levodopa (46627O600J) ; Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-02-21 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 1211786-9 |
ISSN | 1095-953X ; 0969-9961 |
ISSN (online) | 1095-953X |
ISSN | 0969-9961 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106048 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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