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01-05-2021 | Parkinson's Disease | Brief Communication

The role of the dorsal striatum in the recognition of emotions expressed by voice in Parkinson’s disease

Authors: Sonia Di Tella, Isabella Anzuino, Federica Biassoni, Maria Rita Ciceri, Martina Gnerre, Raffaello Nemni, Monia Cabinio, Francesca Baglio, Maria Caterina Silveri

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 5/2021

Abstract

Background and purpose

Non-motor impairment such as emotion recognition deficit in both facial and vocal expressions has been previously reported in Parkinson’s disease (PD). We investigated whether the decoding of emotional prosody is impaired in PD and whether this deficit is related to striatal damage.

Methods

Fifteen PD patients and 15 healthy controls (HCs) were requested to listen to six audio tracks and to recognize the emotions expressed by a professional actor while reading a meaning-neutral sentence. All subjects also received a structural MRI examination. Volumetric measurements were extracted for the striatum, a key region involved in emotional processing and typically impaired in PD.

Results

Decoding sadness conveyed by voice was impaired in PD compared with HC and was related to the volume of the dorsal striatum bilaterally.

Conclusions

The dorsal striatum is involved in the decoding of vocal negative emotions in PD.

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Title: The role of the dorsal striatum in the recognition of emotions expressed by voice in Parkinson’s disease
Authors: Sonia Di Tella
Isabella Anzuino
Federica Biassoni
Maria Rita Ciceri
Martina Gnerre
Raffaello Nemni
Monia Cabinio
Francesca Baglio
Maria Caterina Silveri
Publication date: 01-05-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: Parkinson's Disease
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 5/2021
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04959-5

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The role of the dorsal striatum in the recognition of emotions expressed by voice in Parkinson’s disease

Abstract

Background and purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Background and purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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