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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2025

Feasibility of a single-day protocol for SPECT and PET assessment of dopamine transporter availability, cardiac innervation and metabolic patterns in patients with movement disorders.

Maximilian Scheifele, Johannes Gnörich, Elisabeth Schröder, Sophie C Kunte, Zachary Ells, Johannes Hagen, Sabrina Katzdobler, Carla Palleis, Alexander Bernhardt, Alexander Jäck and 6 more

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Maximilian ScheifeleDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. Maximilian.Scheifele@med.uni-muenchen.de.
Johannes GnörichDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Elisabeth SchröderDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Sophie C KunteDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Zachary EllsDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Johannes HagenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Sabrina KatzdoblerGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Munich, Munich, Germany.
Carla PalleisGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Munich, Munich, Germany.
Alexander BernhardtDepartment of Neurology, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Alexander JäckDepartment of Neurology, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Nicolai FranzmeierMunich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany.
Maximilian FischerMedizinische Klinik Und Poliklinik I, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Johannes LevinGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Munich, Munich, Germany.
Günter U HöglingerGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Munich, Munich, Germany.
Rudolf A WernerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Matthias BrendelDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDue to new advances in molecular and imaging biomarkers, a biological classification of Parkinson's disease (PD) called SyNeurGe (Hoglinger et al. Lancet Neurol 2024;23:191-204) has been proposed for research use recently. [

methodsFirst, we excluded relevant binding of MIBG in the brain as well as DaT in the heart by acquisition of brain scans in patients that received MIBG as well as by acquisition of chest scans in patients that received DaT. Then, we performed a single-day protocol including DaT-SPECT and cardiac MIBG scintigraphy in ten patients with clinically suspected α-synucleinopathies (9 male, 1 female; 68.2 ± 7.3 years). Both radiotracers were injected simultaneously and cardiac imaging was performed at 3.5 h after injection followed by brain imaging at 4 h after injection using standard protocols for MIBG-scintigraphy and DaT-SPECT. Additionally, five patients of the dual tracer protocol group received brain FDG-PET after DaT and MIBG imaging.

resultsSingle tracer imaging confirmed no relevant uptake of [

conclusionA single day protocol for DaT-SPECT, MIBG, and FDG-PET facilitates biomarker assessments needed for efficient biological characterization of Parkinsonian syndromes according to the SyNeurGe criteria.

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Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsHeartMovement DisordersPositron-Emission TomographyTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon3-IodobenzylguanidineAgedFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardiumParkinson Disease3-IodobenzylguanidineDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsCardiac MIBG imagingDaT imagingFDG-PETParkinson’s diseaseSingle day protocol

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