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- Title
Diagnostic value of asymmetric striatal D<sub>2</sub> receptor upregulation in Parkinson’s disease: an [<sup>123</sup>I]IBZM and [<sup>123</sup>I]FP-CIT SPECT study.
- Authors
Verstappen, C. C. P.; Bloem, B. R.; Haaxma, C. A.; Oyen, W. J. G.; Horstink, M. W. I. M.
- Abstract
Striatal postsynaptic D2 receptors in Parkinson’s disease (PD) are thought to be upregulated in the first years of the disease, especially contralateral to the clinically most affected side. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the highest striatal D2 binding is found contralateral to the most affected side in PD, and whether this upregulation can be used as a diagnostic tool. Cross-sectional survey was undertaken of 81 patients with clinically asymmetric PD, without antiparkinsonian drugs and with a disease duration of ≤5 years and 26 age-matched controls. Striatal D2 binding was assessed with [123I]IBZM SPECT, and severity of the presynaptic dopaminergic lesion with [123I]FP-CIT SPECT. The mean striato-occipital ratio of [123I]IBZM binding was significantly higher in PD patients (1.56 ±0.09) than in controls (1.53 ±0.06). In PD patients, higher values were found contralateral to the clinically most affected side (1.57 ±0.09 vs 1.55 ±0.10 ipsilaterally), suggesting D2 receptor upregulation, and the reverse was seen using [123I]FP-CIT SPECT. However, on an individual basis only 56% of PD patients showed this upregulation. Our study confirms asymmetric D2 receptor upregulation in PD. However, the sensitivity of contralateral higher striatal [123I]IBZM binding is only 56%. Therefore, the presence of contralateral higher striatal IBZM binding has insufficient diagnostic accuracy for PD, and PD cannot be excluded in patients with parkinsonism and no contralateral upregulation of D2 receptors, assessed with [123I]IBZM SPECT.
- Subjects
PARKINSON'S disease; BRAIN diseases; DOPAMINE receptors; DOPAMINERGIC neurons; NEURODEGENERATION; PATIENTS
- Publication
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, 2007, Vol 34, Issue 4, p502
- ISSN
1619-7070
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00259-006-0258-4