Neurológia pre prax 1/2014

Transcranial sonography with Parkonson΄s syndrome

The authors present possibilities of the use of transcranial sonography of brain parenchyma in patients with movement disorders. In the article is described the technique of examination, technical parameters and sonographic findings in patients with Parkinson´s disease, multiple-system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration.

Keywords: movement disorders, transcranial sonography of brain parenchyma, Parkinson´s disease, multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, substantia nigra, nucleus lenticularis, nucleus caudate, brainstem raphe.