Publication Name	World Journal of Neurology
Manuscript ID	16451
Country	Greece

Received	2015-01-18 14:52
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Category	Neurosciences
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Mavridis’ atrophy in Parkinson’s disease-five years later: Future perspectives
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Ioannis N Mavridis and Efstratios-Stylianos Pyrgelis
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Corresponding Author	Ioannis N Mavridis, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, “K.A.T.-N.R.C.” General Hospital of Attica, Nikis str. 2, Kifissia, 14561 Athens, Greece. pap-van@otenet.gr
Key Words	Parkinson’s disease; Mavridis’ atrophy; Nucleus accumbens; Neuroimaging; Neuropathology; Substantia nigra
Core Tip	Mavridis’ atrophy (MA) is the nucleus accumbens atrophy in Parkinson’s disease (PD). MA begins in early-stage PD patients and is correlated with psychiatric and cognitive PD symptoms. MA is obviously part of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal degeneration that occurs in PD. It would be interesting to have a post-mortem pathological study focused on the nucleus accumbens of parkinsonic individuals. MA as an imaging finding could be a risk factor for the expression and/or severity of specific symptoms. Thus it has to be tested whether the presence of MA is related, for example, with the expression and/or severity of motor PD symptoms.
Publish Date	2015-03-31 10:53
Citation	Mavridis IN, Pyrgelis ES. Mavridis’ atrophy in Parkinson’s disease-five years later: Future perspectives. World J Neurol 2015; 5(1): 1-4
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6212/full/v5/i1/1.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.5316/wjn.v5.i1.1

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