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Abnormal premotor-motor interaction in heterozygous Parkin- and Pink1 mutation carriers.
Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology 2017 January
OBJECTIVES: Mutations in the Parkin and PINK1 gene account for the majority of autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson cases. There is increasing evidence that clinically asymptomatic subjects with single heterozygous mutations have a latent nigrostriatal dopaminergic deficit and could be taken as in vivo model of pre-symptomatic phase of Parkinsonism.
METHODS: We charted premotor-motor excitability changes as compensatory mechanisms for subcortical dopamine depletions using transcranial magnetic stimulation by applying magnetic resonance-navigated premotor-motor cortex conditioning in 15 asymptomatic, heterozygous Parkin and PINK1 mutation carriers (2 female; mean age 53±8years) and 16 age- and sex-matched controls (5 female; mean age 57±9years). Participants were examined at baseline and after acute l-dopa challenge.
RESULTS: There were l-dopa and group specific effects during premotor-motor conditioning at an interstimulus interval of 6ms indicating a normalisation of premotor-motor interactions in heterozygous Parkin and PINK1 mutation carriers after l-dopa intake. Non-physiologically high conditioned MEP amplitudes at this interval in mutation carriers decreased after l-dopa intake but increased in controls.
CONCLUSION: Premotor-motor excitability changes are part of the cortical reorganization in asymptomatic heterozygous Parkin- and PINK1 mutation carriers.
SIGNIFICANCE: These subjects offer opportunities to delineate motor network adaptation in pre-symptomatic Parkinsonism.
METHODS: We charted premotor-motor excitability changes as compensatory mechanisms for subcortical dopamine depletions using transcranial magnetic stimulation by applying magnetic resonance-navigated premotor-motor cortex conditioning in 15 asymptomatic, heterozygous Parkin and PINK1 mutation carriers (2 female; mean age 53±8years) and 16 age- and sex-matched controls (5 female; mean age 57±9years). Participants were examined at baseline and after acute l-dopa challenge.
RESULTS: There were l-dopa and group specific effects during premotor-motor conditioning at an interstimulus interval of 6ms indicating a normalisation of premotor-motor interactions in heterozygous Parkin and PINK1 mutation carriers after l-dopa intake. Non-physiologically high conditioned MEP amplitudes at this interval in mutation carriers decreased after l-dopa intake but increased in controls.
CONCLUSION: Premotor-motor excitability changes are part of the cortical reorganization in asymptomatic heterozygous Parkin- and PINK1 mutation carriers.
SIGNIFICANCE: These subjects offer opportunities to delineate motor network adaptation in pre-symptomatic Parkinsonism.
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