Autonomic dysfunction in subjects at high risk for Parkinson’s disease

• Published in: Journal of neurology Vol. 262; no. 12; pp. 2643 - 2652
• Main Authors: Liepelt-Scarfone, Inga, Pilotto, Andrea, Müller, Katharina, Bormann, Christian, Gauss, Katharina, Wurster, Isabel, Streffer, Johannes, Berg, Daniela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases - etiology; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosciences; Original Communication; Parkinson Disease - complications; Parkinson Disease - physiopathology; Parkinson's disease; Prodromal Symptoms; Risk; Severity of Illness Index; Urinary; Parkinson’s disease; Bowel; Autonomic; Prodromal

Aim of this project was to evaluate autonomic dysfunction in subjects proposed to be at high risk to develop Parkinson’s disease (PD) compared to control subjects and PD patients at different disease stages. Combinations of substantia nigra hyperechogenicity (SN+) assessed by transcranial ultrasound...