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Topography of dopamine transporter availability in progressive supranuclear palsy: a voxelwise [123I]beta-CIT SPECT analysis.

BACKGROUND: Dopaminergic loss can be visualized by means of iodine I 123-labeled 2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)tropane ([(123)I]beta-CIT) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in several neurodegenerative parkinsonian disorders. Most previous SPECT studies have adopted region-of-interest methods for analysis, which are subjective and operator dependent. OBJECTIVE: To objectively localize the cerebral dopamine transporter status in the early stages of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Parkinson disease outpatient clinic. PATIENTS: Fourteen patients with PSP, 17 with Parkinson disease (PD), 15 with Parkinson-variant multiple-system atrophy (MSA-P), and 13 healthy control subjects, matched for age and disease duration. INTERVENTIONS: Statistical parametric mapping applied to [(123)I]beta-CIT SPECT. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Differences in [(123)I]beta-CIT uptake. RESULTS: All patients with the different parkinsonian disorders showed a significant decrease in striatal [(123)I]beta-CIT uptake without any overlap with the control group. In patients with MSA-P and PSP, an additional reduction in brainstem [(123)I]beta-CIT signal compared with controls and patients with PD was identified with statistical parametric mapping. Midbrain [(123)I]beta-CIT uptake discriminated atypical parkinsonian disorders from PD with an overall correct classification of 91.3%. On the other hand, [(123)I]beta-CIT SPECT failed to discriminate PSP and MSA-P. CONCLUSION: By applying statistical parametric mapping to [(123)I]beta-CIT SPECT images of patients with PSP, a widespread decline of monoaminergic transporter availability including the striatum and brainstem was localized in PSP, discriminating patients with PSP from patients with PD, but not from those with MSA-P. Quantification of midbrain dopamine transporter signal may therefore enhance the utility of SPECT imaging in the differential diagnosis of patients with parkinsonism.[1]

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  1. Topography of dopamine transporter availability in progressive supranuclear palsy: a voxelwise [123I]beta-CIT SPECT analysis. Seppi, K., Scherfler, C., Donnemiller, E., Virgolini, I., Schocke, M.F., Goebel, G., Mair, K.J., Boesch, S., Brenneis, C., Wenning, G.K., Poewe, W. Arch. Neurol. (2006) [Pubmed]
 
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