Journal of Aging Science

Department of Neurology, Nagasaki Kita Hospital Nagasaki, Japan

Biography

Akira Satoh is working in department of Neurology in Nagasaki Kita hospital nagasaki of country Japan. He is one of the coauthors for the article entitled: Reduced Cardiac 123I-MIBG Scintigraphy and Olfactory Impairment in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Reduced Cardiac 123I-MIBG Scintigraphy and Olfactory Impairment in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
  Author(s): Makiko Seto, Akira Satoh and Mitsuhiro Tsujihata*
  
  Cardiac 123I-MIBG scintigraphy (cMIBG) and an olfactory function test using the Odor Stick Identification Test for Japanese (OSIT-J) were performed for 46 patients with idiopathic REM behavior disorder (iRBD). The H/M ratio on cMIBG of iRBD patients was classified according to the Hoehn-Yahr's (H-Y) stages of Parkinson's disease (PD) as follows: early images, normal range, 11(23.9%); H-YI, 3 (6.5%); H-YII, 5 (10.9%); ≥ H-YIII, 27 (58.7%); and delayed images, normal range, 9 (19.6%); H-YI, 3 (6.5%); H-YII, 1 (2.2%); ≥ H-YIII, 33 (71.7%). The OSIT-J scores decreased in 76.2% of iRBD patients, and 20.5% of Normal subjects. The OSIT-J scores in iRBD patients were strongly correlated with the H/M ratio on early and delayed cMIBG images (p<0.001, Pearson correlation coefficient). PD progresses from H-Y stage I to V, with the H/M ratio on cMIBG decreasing as the H-Y stage pr.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2329-8847.20.08.238

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