Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil
September 2024
Background: Mutations in the LRRK2 gene are the most common genetic cause of Parkinson disease but are believed to play no significant role in Lewy body disease (LBD).
Objectives: As the frequency of G2019S LRRK2 mutation is extremely high in North African patients with Parkinson disease, we postulate that the high prevalence of LBD in North Africa might be due to the same mutation because LBD and Parkinson disease share many clinical, pathological, and genetic features.
Methods: We screened patients with LBD or prodromal LBD for the G2019S mutation of LRRK2.
This study investigates the translational and rovibrational energy of vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) photodesorbed CO molecules from a CO polycrystalline ice (15 K) at ∼8 eV. The electronic excitation was produced by a pulsed VUV laser, and the photodesorption of CO molecules in their ground and first vibrational states was observed using resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization. Time-of-flight and rotationally resolved spectra were measured, and the kinetic and internal energy distribution were obtained.
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