2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Early diagnosis of Parkinson disease by measuring the volume of the olfactory bulb and tract
Project/Area Number |
24790897
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Neurology
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Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology (2013-2016) Jikei University School of Medicine (2012) |
Principal Investigator |
Sengoku Renpei 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究員 (40385331)
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Keywords | パーキンソン病 / Lewy小体病 / 嗅球嗅索 / MRI / 嗅覚検査 / 嗅球嗅索体積 / MIBG心筋シンチグラフィー / 嗅覚障害 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aimed to examine whether the volume of the olfactory bulbs and tracts (OB & T) on MRI is useful for differentiating Parkinson's disease (PD) from PD-related disorders. All patients were evaluated using the odor stick identification test for Japanese (OSIT-J), cardiac MIBG scintigraphy, and brain MRI. OB & T areas on 1-mm-thick coronal images were measured and summed for volumes. OB & T volume was smaller in PD than in other PD-related disorders (p<0.05). The cut-off for detecting PD patients was OSIT-J score <8, heart/mediastinum ratio <1.6, and OB & T volume <270 mm3. In the group with OSIT-J score <8 and OB & T volume <270 mm3, the proportion of PD patients among all patients with PD-related disorders was 91%. The rate of probable PD gradually increased as OSIT-J score and OB & T volume decreased (p<0.001). A combined morphological and functional evaluation of OB or cardiovascular dysautonomia could be useful for further differential of PD and other PD-related disorders.
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Free Research Field |
神経内科
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