Parkinson hastalığı için subtalamik çekirdeğin derin beyin uyarılması: Tedavi yanıtının ağ görüntüleme belirteci

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Abstract Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) alleviates motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), thereby improving quality of life. However, quantitative brain markers to evaluate DBS responses and select suitable patients for surgery are lacking. Here, we used metabolic brain imaging to identify a reproducible STN-DBS network for which individual expression levels increased with stimulation in proportion to motor benefit. Of note, measurements of network expression from metabolic and BOLD imaging obtained preoperatively predicted motor outcomes determined after DBS surgery. Based on these findings, we computed network expression in 175 PD patients, with time from diagnosis ranging from 0 to 21 years, and used the resulting data to predict the outcome of a potential STN-DBS procedure. While minimal benefit was predicted for patients with early disease, the proportion of potential responders increased after 4 years. Clinically meaningful improvement with stimulation was predicted in 18.9 – 27.3% of patients depending on disease duration.

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