Anxiety in Parkinson's disease is associated with reduced structural covariance of the striatum

Anxiety is a highly prevalent neuropsychiatric feature in Parkinson's disease (PD) (Broen  et al., 2016), occurring more frequently in PD than in the general elderly population (Baxter et al., 2013). This implies that the PD pathology contributes also to non-motor features such as anxiety, but the neural correlates of anxiety in PD have so far received little scientific attention.

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - July 20, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Caroline S. Oosterwijk, Chris Vriend, Henk W. Berendse, Ysbrand D. van der Werf, Odile A. van den Heuvel Source Type: research