PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Su-A Yang
AU  - Jonghee Yoon
AU  - Kyoohyun Kim
AU  - YongKeun Park
TI  - Measurements of morphological and biochemical alterations in individual neuron cells associated with early neurotoxic effects in Parkinson’s disease
AID  - 10.1101/080937
DP  - 2016 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 080937
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/10/17/080937.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/10/17/080937.full
AB  - Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease. However, therapeutic methods of PD are still limited due to complex pathophysiology in PD. Here, we present optical measurements of individual neurons from in vitro PD model using optical diffraction tomography (ODT). By measuring 3-D refractive index distribution of neurons, morphological and biochemical alterations in in-vitro PD model are quantitatively investigated. We found that neurons show apoptotic features in early PD progression. The present approach will open up new opportunities for quantitative investigation of the pathophysiology of various neurodegenerative diseases.