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  • Longitudinal Alterations of...
    Qiaoling Zeng;Xiaojun Guan;Jason C. F. Law Yan Lun;Zhujing Shen;Tao Guo;Min Xuan;Quanquan Gu;Xiaojun Xu;Min Chen;Minming Zhang

    神经科学通报:英文版, 2017, Volume: 33, Issue: 5
    Journal Article

    We used resting-state fMRI to evaluate longitu- dinal alterations in local spontaneous brain activity in Parkinson's disease (PD) over a 2-year period. Data were acquired from 23 PD patients at baseline and follow-up, and 27 age- and sex-matched normal controls. Regional homogeneity (ReHo) and voxel-based-morphometry (VBM) were used to identify differences in local sponta- neous brain activity and grey matter volume. With disease progression, we observed a progressive decrease in ReHo in the sensorimotor cortex, default-mode network, and left cerebellum, but increased ReHo in the supplementary motor area, bilateral temporal gyrus, and hippocampus. Moreover, there was a significant positive correlation between the rates of ReHo change in the left cerebellum and the rates of change in the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale-III scores. VBM revealed no significant differences in the grey matter volume among the three sets of acquisitions. We conclude that ReHo may be a suitable non-invasive marker of progression in PD.