The Relationship between Visuospatial Impairments and Retinal and Cortical Thickness in Parkinson’s Disease

• Published in: Human physiology Vol. 43; no. 8; pp. 863 - 869
• Main Authors: Litvinenko, I. V., Boyko, E. V., Kulikov, A. N., Dynin, P. S., Trufanov, A. G., Mal’tsev, D. S., Yurin, A. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.12.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cognitive ability; Cortex (somatosensory); Human Physiology; Life Sciences; Magnetic resonance imaging; Movement disorders; Neurodegenerative diseases; Parkinson's disease; Retina; Visual cortex; cognitive deficit; MRI morphometry; optical coherence tomography; visuospatial impairments; Parkinson’s disease

The paper touches upon current views on the pathophysiology of visuospatial impairments in Parkinson’s disease (PD). To assess thickness of retina’s ganglionic layer, retinal nerve fiber layer, and macular map, optical coherence tomography method was used. Brain MRI was also performed followed by ev...