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1.176 The neuropathological basis for depression in Parkinson's disease
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, Volume 13, Supplement 2, 2007, Page S53 P. Frisina, V. Haroutunian, L. Libow Depression is found in 30–40% of all patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), but its etiology is unclear. Using neuropathology as a signpost for neurotransmitter function, we investigated the prevalence of pathological features found at postmortem and sought to uncover differences between depressed (n = 11) and non-depressed (n = 9) elderly PD patients. The results indicate a higher prevalence of pathological features in depressed compared to non-depressed PD patients, particularly in catecholamine areas of the brain; the locus coeruleus (neuronal loss: odds ratio = 7.2, p = 08; gliosis: odds ratio = 18.0, p = 008); dorsal vagus nerve (gliosis: odds ratio = 7.63, p < 0.05), and substantia nigra pars compacta (gliosis: odds ratio = 2.85, ns). However, neuropathological differences were absent in the dorsal raphe nuclei, amygdala, and cortical regions. Our evidence suggests that depression in PD is related more to catecholaminergic than serotonergic system dysfunction. http://tinyurl.com/bffds2 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...e588ff4e92c634
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