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Bradley MacIntosh<\/p><\/div>\n

Even before people with Parkinson\u2019s disease experience motor symptoms that include stiffness or tremors, they may have problems with their blood pressure and cognitive issues that affect their judgment and reasoning ability.<\/p>\n

At Toronto\u2019s Sunnybrook Research Institute, Bradley MacIntosh, a neuroimaging scientist, is using imaging technology to try to identify people with these early symptoms of Parkinson\u2019s. MacIntosh is using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to scan the brains of people who have difficulty regulating their blood pressure, a problem called orthostatic hypotension. MacIntosh was awarded a $45,000 Porridge for Parkinson\u2019s (Toronto) Pilot Project in Honour of Delphine Martin grant from the 2015-2017 funding cycle of the Parkinson Canada Research Program.
\nThese blood pressure problems can cause light-headedness, dizziness and fainting, particularly when people stand up. The scans MacIntosh is conducting will track how often the brain is pulsating \u2013 a measure of blood flow to the brain. He believes the volatility of that blood flow is bad for the brain, and may be either depriving brain cells of oxygen or flooding them with too much oxygen, at different times.\u00a0 That \u201cpulsatility,\u201d is an indication of the orthostatic hypotension.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe brain is like Jello, and it\u2019s pulsating with every heartbeat. Too much of this jiggling, we think, is related to blood vessels that have lost their ability to cushion the blood flow,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

MacIntosh hopes to correlate rates of pulsatility with fluctuations in white matter in the brains of people who have already been diagnosed clinically as being in the early stages of Parkinson\u2019s disease. He and his team will also test their cognitive functioning to see if that is also declining.\u00a0 If he can confirm an association with the volatility of blood flow to the brain, and show cognitive decline, he will not only have developed a way to help diagnose Parkinson\u2019s disease, he may also open up treatment avenues. Treating the volatile blood pressure early might prove beneficial.
\n\u201cWhat we\u2019re aiming for right now is a non-invasive diagnostic tool using information that is already out there,\u2019\u2019 says MacIntosh. \u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of finding and proving that this can be helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parkinson\u2019s disease is just one of the many complicated subjects that MacIntosh studies, from physics to jazz. \u201cMy life is not complicated, but I like complicated things,\u201d he says.\u00a0 He particularly enjoys working in Parkinson\u2019s research because \u201cthere\u2019s a lot of optimism in the field of Parkinson\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read about other researchers<\/a> recently funded by the Parkinson Canada Research Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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