The aim of the study was to demonstrate the degeneration of the dopaninergic nigrostriatal pathway in Parkinson's disease(PD) and Essential Tremor (ET) by using the cocaine derivative 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT and corr...The aim of the study was to demonstrate the degeneration of the dopaninergic nigrostriatal pathway in Parkinson's disease(PD) and Essential Tremor (ET) by using the cocaine derivative 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT and correlate the findings to the clinical severities (Hoehn and Yahr scale, H/Y). 28 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, 10 patients with Essential Trenor and 19 healthy volunteers were investigated. The acquisition were performed 3 h postinjection of 99mTc-TRODAT-1, ROIs were drawn over the images of striatum and cerebellum, and ratios of striatum to cerebellar(ST/CB) were calculated. Ratios differed significantly between PD and controls, but ratios didn't show significant difference between ET patients and controls. A significant correlation didn't exist between ratios and clinical severities. Hemiparkinson's patients revealed significantly diminished 99mTc-TRODAT-1 binding not only clinically affected but unaffected side. Our findings indicated that 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT is not only a reliable method to discriminate between PD and controls but also a useful tool for differential diagnosis in clinically unclear cases such as ET resembling PD.展开更多
文摘The aim of the study was to demonstrate the degeneration of the dopaninergic nigrostriatal pathway in Parkinson's disease(PD) and Essential Tremor (ET) by using the cocaine derivative 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT and correlate the findings to the clinical severities (Hoehn and Yahr scale, H/Y). 28 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, 10 patients with Essential Trenor and 19 healthy volunteers were investigated. The acquisition were performed 3 h postinjection of 99mTc-TRODAT-1, ROIs were drawn over the images of striatum and cerebellum, and ratios of striatum to cerebellar(ST/CB) were calculated. Ratios differed significantly between PD and controls, but ratios didn't show significant difference between ET patients and controls. A significant correlation didn't exist between ratios and clinical severities. Hemiparkinson's patients revealed significantly diminished 99mTc-TRODAT-1 binding not only clinically affected but unaffected side. Our findings indicated that 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT is not only a reliable method to discriminate between PD and controls but also a useful tool for differential diagnosis in clinically unclear cases such as ET resembling PD.
