IMR Press / JIN / Volume 23 / Issue 1 / DOI: 10.31083/j.jin2301023
Open Access Review
Parkinson's Disease: What Can Retinal Imaging Tell Us?
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1 Ophthalmology Unit, Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Sense Organs (NESMOS) Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, 00189 Rome, Italy
2 Ophthalmology Unit, Sant'Andrea hospital, 00189 Rome, Italy
*Correspondence: solmaz.abdolrahimzadeh@uniroma1.it (Solmaz Abdolrahimzadeh)
J. Integr. Neurosci. 2024, 23(1), 23; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.jin2301023
Submitted: 8 August 2023 | Revised: 27 August 2023 | Accepted: 31 August 2023 | Published: 22 January 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Brain Imaging-Volume II)
Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor symptoms such as tremors, rigidity, and bradykinesia. While the diagnosis of PD primarily relies on clinical assessments and neurological examination, there has been growing interest in exploring non-invasive imaging techniques to aid in early detection and monitoring of the disease. In recent years, retinal imaging has emerged as a promising tool for studying PD due to the close anatomical and functional similarities between the retina and the brain. Retinal imaging methods, such as spectral domain optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomography angiography, enable non-intrusive visualization and measurement of retinal structures and blood vessels. These techniques hold the promise of capturing alterations in retinal structure and function that could potentially mirror the underlying pathological mechanisms in PD. This review article aims to provide an overview of the current understanding of retinal changes in PD and the potential utility of retinal imaging as a diagnostic and monitoring tool.

Keywords
Parkinson’s disease
retinal imaging
spectral-domain optical coherence tomography
optical coherence tomography angiography
neurodegenerative disorders
α-synuclein
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