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Mapping Levodopa Effects on Cortico-basal Ganglia Circuit Function in Parkinson's Disease

Sponsor: Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance

Summary

Levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) in Parkinson's disease (PD) are involuntary movements caused by long-term treatment with dopaminergic replacement therapy (levodopa). During the cause of PD, most patients develop LID. In this study, the investigators plan to investigate how the cortico-basal-ganglia networks are affected in LID. The investigators will examine PD patients with and without LID as well as healthy age-matched controls using fMRI and PET. During the fMRI experiment, participants will perform a novel go-no task engaging both motor, emotional and reward brain networks. Patients will be scanned before and after intake of levodopa to study the dynamic effects of dopaminergic therapy. Furthermore, a dopamine transporter PET will be acquired to study the dopaminergic degeneration of the patients with PD.

Official title: Dynamic Brain Mapping of the Functional Effects of Levodopa on Multiple Cortex-basal Ganglia Circuits in Parkinson ́s Disease

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