{"id":181402,"date":"2024-01-25T20:32:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T02:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/retinal-thinning-linked-to-parkinsons-disease-progression-and-cognitive-decline"},"modified":"2024-01-25T20:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T02:32:06","slug":"retinal-thinning-linked-to-parkinsons-disease-progression-and-cognitive-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/retinal-thinning-linked-to-parkinsons-disease-progression-and-cognitive-decline","title":{"rendered":"Retinal thinning linked to Parkinson\u2019s disease progression and cognitive decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/retinal-thinning-linked-to-parkinsons-disease-progression-and-cognitive-decline2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f \ud83e\udde0 \ud83d\udd2c<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>A recent study published in the journal <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41531-024-00637-x\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Npj Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/em><\/a><\/em> investigated whether increased thinning rate in the parafoveal ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (pfGCIPL) and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) indicates the progression of the Parkinson\u2019s disease (PD).<\/p>\n<p><em>Study: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41531-024-00637-x\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of retinal neurodegeneration with the progression of cognitive decline in Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/a>. Image Credit: BioFoto \/ Shutterstock<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Retinal changes are robustly associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as PD. The changes in retinal layer thickness can be assessed using high-resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT). Among different retinal layers, the ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) can be used as a biomarker to determine cognitive decline and neurodegeneration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f \ud83e\udde0 \ud83d\udd2c A recent study published in the journal Npj Parkinson\u2019s Disease investigated whether increased thinning rate in the parafoveal ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (pfGCIPL) and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) indicates the progression of the Parkinson\u2019s disease (PD). Study: Association of retinal neurodegeneration with the progression of cognitive decline in Parkinson\u2019s disease. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}