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. 2021 Jul 26;13(7):e16644. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16644

Table 4. Summary of findings in Parkinson's disease.

PD: Parkinson's disease; PDD: Parkinson's disease with dementia; DLB: dementia with Lewy bodies; PSP: progressive supranuclear palsy; HC: healthy controls; PET: positron emission tomography; FDG-PET: fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission imaging; PiB-PET: Pittsburgh compound B positron emission tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; [123I]FP- CIT-SPECT: Iodine 123-radiolabeled 2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)-N-(3-fluoropropyl) nortropane single-photon emission tomography.

Author Imaging modality Subjects Summary of findings
Gomperts et al. [23] 18F-AV-1451, PiB PET 7 DLB, 8 PDD, 9 PD without dementia, 29 HC Although less than AD, 18F-AV-1451 retention is higher in PDD group compared to the control group.
Smith et al. [25] 18F-AV-1451 PET, MRI 6 DLB, 18 PDD, 11 PD without dementia, 44 HC Reduced 18F-AV-1451 retention was seen in the substantia nigra of PDD patients.
Hansen et al. [26] (123)I-FP-CIT SPECT, 18F-AV-1451 PET 17 idiopathic PD, 16 HC The nigral 18F-AV-1451 volume of distribution was significantly reduced in idiopathic PD patients than in the control group.
Coakeley et al. [27] 18F-AV-1451 PET 12 patients including PD and PSP, 15 HC Significantly decreased nigral 18F-AV-1451 uptake in both PD and PSP patients compared to the control groups, no remarkable difference observed between PD and PSP patients.
Cho et al. [28] 18F-AV-1451 PET 14 PSP, 15 PD, 15 HC Raised sub-cortical 18F-AV-1451 retention was seen in PD and PSP patients and reduced nigral 18F-AV-1451 volume of distribution was noticed in PD patients.