Corneal Nerve Fiber Loss Relates to Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
| Autor: | Hongqi Yang, Qiu-huan Jiang, Ning-Ning Che, Zhen-Xiang Zhao, Si-Yuan Chen, Rayaz A. Malik, Guan-Xiao Ding, Jian-Jun Ma, Xue Li |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Levodopa Parkinson's disease business.industry Corneal nerve Montreal Cognitive Assessment medicine.disease Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Neurology Ophthalmology Medicine Dementia Biomarker (medicine) Neurology (clinical) Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system Cognitive decline business Cognitive impairment RC346-429 medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | npj Parkinson's Disease, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021) |
| DOI: | 10.21203/rs.3.rs-112941/v1 |
| Popis: | Background Cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease (PD) adversely influences quality of life. There is currently no available biomarker to predict cognitive decline in PD. PD involves both the central and peripheral nervous system and especially small fiber damage occurs in PD. Corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) has been used as a non-invasive tool for quantifying small nerve fibre damage in PD. The present study investigated whether corneal nerve measures were associated with cognitive function in PD. Methods Patients with PD were classified into those with normal cognitive function (PD-CN), mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI), and dementia (PDD). Corneal nerve fiber density (CNFD), corneal nerve branch density (CNBD) and corneal nerve fiber length (CNFL) were quantified with CCM and compared with a control group.Results Sixty-five PD patients (44.62% male; mean age 64.60±6.95 years; mean disease duration 4.63±2.53 years) and 30 controls (53.33% male; mean age 62.43±6.16 years) were studied. CNFD was decreased and CNBD was increased in PD patients compared to controls ( P Conclusions PD patients show evidence of corneal nerve loss compared with controls and corneal nerve parameters are associated with the severity of cognitive and motor dysfunction in PD. CCM could serve as an objective in vivo ophthalmic imaging technique to assess neurodegeneration in PD. |
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