Importance of magnetic resonance in Parkinson disease. An analytic study of the pars compacta

摘要: The authors have studied by high field MR (Signa 1.5 T, GE) 11 patients with known Parkinson's disease and 19 normal controls. In all cases the widths of pars compacta were measured optical densitometry in T2-weighted images (gradient-echo TR 2600, TE 80). compactae nigra found to be significantly thinned (p less than 0.01) which may importance for discussion physicopathology clinic extrapyramidal disease.