669-02-007 ISMRM Abstract

Iron-Related Susceptibility Changes in the Hypothalamus of Narcolepsy Type 1 Patients

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Susceptibility/QSM

Secondary: Neuro - Other Neurodegeneration

669-02-007 · Neuroimaging Biomarkers Across the Spectrum of Brain Disorders · Thursday, 14 May, 9:25 AM–10:20 AM · Digital Posters Row J

Keywords: Sleep disorders Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Susceptibility source separation Hypothalamic subregion NARCOLEPSY TYPE 1

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Greta Venturi ¹, Lorenzo Motta¹, Francesco Biscarini², Fabio Pizza^2,3, Francesca Punzetti¹, Martina Gnazzo^2,4, Raffaele Lodi^1,3, Giuseppe Plazzi^2,4, Caterina Tonon^1,3

¹Programma Neuroimmagini Funzionali e Molecolari, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

²Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

³Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

⁴Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia, Italy

Presenting Author: Greta Venturi

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