Dopamine transporter imaging predicts clinically‐defined α‐synucleinopathy in REM sleep behavior disorder

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Published December 15, 2020

Individuals with idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) are at high risk for a clinical diagnosis of an α‐synucleinopathy (aSN). They could serve as a key population for disease‐modifying trials. Abnormal dopamine transporter (DAT) imaging is a strong candidate biomarker for risk of aSN diagnosis in iRBD. Our primary objective was to identify a quantitative measure of DAT imaging that predicts diagnosis of clinically‐defined aSN in iRBD.
Identifier (DOI)
10.1002/acn3.51269
Tags
  • Alpha-synuclein
  • DAT imaging
  • Original Research

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    Lana M. Chahine

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    Michael Brumm

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    Chelsea Caspell-Garcia

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    Wolfgang Oertel

  • Brit Mollenhauer , MD

    Co-PI (Core Leadership): Team Schlossmacher

    University of Goettingen

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    Amy W. Amara

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    Ana Fernandez-Arcos

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    Birgit Hogl

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    Aleksandar Videnovic

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    Samantha Hutten

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    Caroline M. Tanner

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    Daniel Weintraub

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    Elliot Burghardt

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    Christopher S. Coffey

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    Hyunkeun Ryan Cho

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    Karl Kieburtz

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    Stanford University

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    Kalpana Merchant, PhD

    Northwestern University

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    Douglas Galasko

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    Tatiana Foroud

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    Andrew Siderowf

  • Ken Marek, MD

    University of California, San Diego

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    Northwestern University

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    Alex Iranzo