Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

Case study of improved DAT scan imaging after deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease.

Satoru Nakamura

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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder which is primarily characterized by adykinesia, muscular rigidity and tremor.¹⁾ Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a surgical treatment used for alternative drug therapy such as Levodopa. We report a case study of improved DAT–scan imaging after DBS in PD.

Main text: Dopamine is chemical neurotransmitter which is critically responsible for transmitting signals between the substantial nigra and striatum consists of caudate nucleus and putamen. Loss of dopamine in this circuit results in abnormal nerve–firing patterns within the ain that causes PD.²⁾

 

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Satoru Nakamura, Case study of improved DAT scan imaging after deep brain stimulation in Parkinson�s disease., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-11 | November-2017

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