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| Title |
Ultrasonography of the Vagus Nerve in Parkinson's Disease
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neurology, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fneur.2018.00525 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nadin Fedtke, Otto W. Witte, Tino Prell |
| Abstract |
Based on the topographic distribution of α-synuclein-enriched Lewy bodies, it has been hypothesized that Parkinson's disease may start in the gastrointestinal tract and gain access to the central nervous system via the vagus nerve. Since ultrasonography is a powerful tool to study peripheral nerve disturbances, we conducted ultrasonography of the vagus nerve in 32 patients with Parkinson's disease, 15 disease controls and 15 healthy controls. The cross-sectional area and echogenicity measured on transverse scans of the vagus nerve did not differ significantly between these groups. Therefore, the observed intraneuronal changes in Parkinson's disease are not associated with ultrasonographic disruptions of the vagus nerve integrity. HIGHLIGHTS We studied ultrasonography of the vagus nerve in 32 patients with Parkinson's disease and in 15 disease controls and 15 healthy controls.The sonographic cross-sectional area measured using high-frequency linear array transducers did not differ significantly between both groups.Ultrasonography of the vagal nerve does not reflect cellular damage caused by α-synuclein-enriched Lewy bodies in nerves of patients with Parkinson's disease. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 97 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
| Researcher | 6 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 3% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Unknown | 67 | 69% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 4% |
| Unknown | 70 | 72% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 August 2018.
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