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Mapping brain structural differences and neuroreceptor correlates in Parkinson’s disease visual hallucinations

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Parkinson’s psychosis (PDP) describes a spectrum of symptoms that may arise in Parkinson’s disease (PD) including visual hallucinations (VH). Imaging studies investigating the neural correlates of PDP have been inconsistent in their findings, due to differences in study design and limitations of scale. Here we use empirical Bayes harmonisation to pool together structural imaging data from multiple research groups into a large-scale mega-analysis, allowing us to identify cortical regions and networks involved in VH and their relation to receptor binding. Differences of morphometrics analysed show a wider cortical involvement underlying VH than previously recognised, including primary visual cortex and surrounding regions, and the hippocampus, independent of its role in cognitive decline. Structural covariance analyses point to the involvement of the attentional control networks in PD-VH, while associations with receptor density maps suggest neurotransmitter loss may be linked to the cortical changes.

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  • Morphological and functional alterations differentiate patients with PD with VH from those without VH.

    “Although morphological5–7 and functional7–9 alterations differentiate patients with PD with VH (PD-VH) from those without VH”

    From Deviations in effective connectivity explain different hallucination subtypes in Parkinson's disease psychosis (2026) · cites this paper as [5]

    The Results report decreased cortical thickness and surface area in patients with PD and visual hallucinations compared with those without, supporting the morphological part of the claim. The Discussion suggests possible functional pathology but says it needs further exploration with functional connectivity; it does not establish functional differences between the groups. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Vignando, M., ffytche, D., Lewis, S. J. G., Lee, P. H., Chung, S. J., Weil, R. S., Hu, M. T., Mackay, C. E., Griffanti, L., Pins, D., Dujardin, K., Jardri, R., Taylor, J.-P., Firbank, M., McAlonan, G., Mak, H. K. F., Ho, S. L., & Mehta, M. A.
Affiliations
  • King's College London (GB)
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • Yonsei University (KR)
  • University College London (GB)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Inserm (FR)
  • Newcastle University (GB)
  • University of Hong Kong (HK)
Corresponding author
Vignando, Miriam
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2022-01-26
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
519-519
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4210783444
Cited by
42
References
98
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 11
FWCI
4.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • medRxiv (acceptedVersion)
  • Research Square (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • YUHSpace (Yonsei University Medical Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • LillOA (Université de Lille (University Of Lille)) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • LillOA (Université de Lille (University Of Lille)) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • RCUK | Medical Research Council (MR/0059311)
  • The grant has been awarded to Prof. Mitul Mehta and Dr. Vignando has been supported with this grant.
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
Parkinson's disease psychosis, visual hallucinations, Parkinson's disease, cortical morphometry, structural covariance, primary visual cortex, hippocampus, neuroreceptor binding, dopamine receptor density, serotonin receptor density, mega-analysis
MeSH terms
Aged, Bayes Theorem, Brain, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Female, Hallucinations, Hippocampus, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parkinson Disease, Sensory Receptor Cells

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