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ArticleBrain communications2025

Non-motor asymmetry and dopamine degeneration in Parkinson's disease.

Frederik O Hansen, Karoline Knudsen, Malene F Damholdt, Toke Bek, Per Borghammer, Niels Okkels

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Article in Brain communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Frederik O HansenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark.
Karoline KnudsenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark.
Malene F DamholdtDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark.
Toke BekDepartment of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark.
Per BorghammerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark.
Niels OkkelsDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6483-9505

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asymmetric dopaminergic degeneration of the striatum is a characteristic feature of Parkinson's disease, associated with right-left asymmetry in motor function. As such, studying asymmetry provides insights into progressive neurodegeneration between cerebral hemispheres. Given the impact of Lewy pathology on various neurotransmitter systems beyond the dopaminergic, it may be that other neuronal systems in the predominantly affected hemisphere are similarly affected. According to this hypothesis, asymmetry in dopaminergic degeneration would be expected to coincide with asymmetry in other neurotransmitter systems. Consequently, asymmetry in functions primarily dependent on dopaminergic integrity, such as motor function, should correlate with asymmetry in bilateral non-motor functions that rely on other cerebral systems, such as pupillary function. Therefore, this study tested whether right-left asymmetry in bilateral non-motor measures correlates with asymmetry in dopaminergic striatal integrity. We also tested whether asymmetric striatal degeneration is associated with greater asymmetry in non-motor measures overall. Using a comparative cross-sectional design, we recruited newly diagnosed patients with Parkinson's disease with predominantly right-sided (

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asymmetrylateralitylateralizationLewy body diseasesynucleinopathy

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PMID39845733
PMCPMC11752486

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