Rajini Naduthota

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Re-emergent tremor (ReT) is the tremor that reappears after a variable period of latency while maintaining posture. Little is known about the mechanisms that contribute to the origin of this silent period (SP). Our aim was to compare the imaging characteristics of patients with and without ReT and find the structural correla...

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the gray matter (GM) volume alterations in different clinical stages of Parkinson’s disease (PD) through voxel-based morphometry (VBM). BACKGROUND: Assessment of the clinical stages of PD is usually carried out using the Hoehn and Yahr (H–Y) scale. However, there is paucity of litera...

Background: Mutations in the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene have been associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). Several variants in the gene have been identified as risk factors for the development of PD, but there is difference in the prevalence of this mutation in various ethnic groups and countries. There is no published study related to this fi...

Background: Freezing of gait (FOG) is a common and debilitating symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD); the pathogenesis and natural course of which has not been fully understood. Objectives: This study was performed to evaluate patients with FOG in PD and ascertain factors contributing to an early onset of FOG in patients with PD. Methodology: A char...

Background Freezing of gait (FOG) is a common and debilitating symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD); the pathogenesis and natural course of which has not been fully understood. Objectives This study was performed to evaluate patients with FOG in PD and ascertain factors contributing to an early onset of FOG in patients with PD. Methodology A chart...

Background and purpose: The objective of this work was to investigate whether patients with and without freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's disease (PD) have differences in iron accumulation in substantia nigra using R2* relaxometry. Materials and methods: This study included seventeen PD patients with FOG [FOG (+)], equal number of age and gende...

Objective: To determine the diagnostic characteristics of poor visualisation of nigrosome-1 as a neuroimaging biomarker in Parkinson's disease (PD) and to explore the relationship of poor visualisation of nigrosome-1 and clinical asymmetry. Methods: High-resolution gradient-echo sequences of 67 patients with PD and 63 healthy controls were revie...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neuro-degenerative disorder, which predominantly affects the motor system. Diffusion MRI has demonstrated deficits in anisotropy as well as increased diffusivity in the sub-cortical structures, primarily in the substantia nigra in PD. However, the clinical spectrum of PD is not limited to motor symptoms, rather it enco...

Background: While oxidative stress (OS) may be one of the crucial factors determining the initiation and progression of Parkinson's disease (PD), its correlation with gray matter (GM) atrophy is not known. Aims: To determine the GM volume (GMV) changes using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and correlation with OS marker serum malondialdehyde (MDA) in...

Background and objective Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Classic PSP or Richardson-Steele phenotype (PSP-RS) and parkinsonian phenotype (PSP-P) are the common subtypes of PSP. At the early stage, differentiating the subtypes of PSP as well as differentiating PSP from other parkinsonian disorders, es...

Introduction: Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder among adults. Although ET has been recognized as a mono-symptomatic benign illness, reports of non-motor symptoms and non-tremor motor symptoms have increased its clinical heterogeneity. The neural correlates of ET are not clearly understood. The aim of this study was to unde...

Introduction To explore the neuroanatomical correlates of primary writing tremor (PWT) and the role of cerebellum, using advanced structural neuroimaging. Till date, there are no studies exploring the gray and white matter changes using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in PWT. Methods Ten male patients with PWT were...