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Limbic and frontal cortical degeneration is associated with psychiatric symptoms in PINK1 mutation carriers.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Aug 2008
Reetz Kathrin, Lencer Rebekka, Steinlechner Susanne, Gaser Christian, Hagenah Johann, Büchel Christian, Petersen Dirk, Kock Norman, Djarmati Ana, Siebner Hartwig R, Klein Christine, Binkofski Ferdinand
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BACKGROUND: Mutations in the PINK1 gene can cause Parkinson's disease and are frequently associated with psychiatric symptoms that might even precede motor signs. METHODS: To determine whether specific gray matter degeneration of limbic and frontal structures might be liable to different psychiatric symptoms in PINK1 mutation carriers, observer-independent voxel-based morphometry was applied to high-resolution...
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