Blood-brain barrier permeability in association with levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease: a rubidium-82 PET study

Conclusion: The findings do not support the presence of significant alterations in BBB permeability in PD patients with or without LID. Research Support: This work was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (P50 NS071675 to the last author).

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - May 24, 2017 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Fujita, K., Dhawan, V., Peng, S., Ma, Y., Eidelberg, D. Tags: New Approaches to Image Parkinson Syndrome Source Type: research