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Altham C, Zhang H, Pereira E. Machine learning for the detection and diagnosis of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease: A systematic review. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0303644. [PMID: 38753740 PMCID: PMC11098383 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Parkinson's Disease is the second most common neurological disease in over 60s. Cognitive impairment is a major clinical symptom, with risk of severe dysfunction up to 20 years post-diagnosis. Processes for detection and diagnosis of cognitive impairments are not sufficient to predict decline at an early stage for significant impact. Ageing populations, neurologist shortages and subjective interpretations reduce the effectiveness of decisions and diagnoses. Researchers are now utilising machine learning for detection and diagnosis of cognitive impairment based on symptom presentation and clinical investigation. This work aims to provide an overview of published studies applying machine learning to detecting and diagnosing cognitive impairment, evaluate the feasibility of implemented methods, their impacts, and provide suitable recommendations for methods, modalities and outcomes. METHODS To provide an overview of the machine learning techniques, data sources and modalities used for detection and diagnosis of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease, we conducted a review of studies published on the PubMed, IEEE Xplore, Scopus and ScienceDirect databases. 70 studies were included in this review, with the most relevant information extracted from each. From each study, strategy, modalities, sources, methods and outcomes were extracted. RESULTS Literatures demonstrate that machine learning techniques have potential to provide considerable insight into investigation of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease. Our review demonstrates the versatility of machine learning in analysing a wide range of different modalities for the detection and diagnosis of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease, including imaging, EEG, speech and more, yielding notable diagnostic accuracy. CONCLUSIONS Machine learning based interventions have the potential to glean meaningful insight from data, and may offer non-invasive means of enhancing cognitive impairment assessment, providing clear and formidable potential for implementation of machine learning into clinical practice.
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- Callum Altham
- Department of Computer Science, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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Ferguson CE, Foley JA. The influence of working memory and processing speed on other aspects of cognitive functioning in de novo Parkinson's disease: Initial findings from network modelling and graph theory. J Neuropsychol 2024; 18:136-153. [PMID: 37366558 DOI: 10.1111/jnp.12333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Deficits in working memory (WM) and processing speed (PS) are thought to undermine other cognitive functions in de novo Parkinson's disease (dnPD). However, these interrelationships are only partially understood. This study investigated whether there are stronger relationships between verbal WM and verbal episodic memory encoding and retrieval, whether verbal WM and PS have a greater influence on other aspects of cognitive functioning, and whether the overall strength of interrelationships among several cognitive functions differs in dnPD compared to health. Data for 198 healthy controls (HCs) and 293 dnPD patients were analysed. Participants completed a neuropsychological battery probing verbal WM, PS, verbal episodic memory, semantic memory, language and visuospatial functioning. Deficit analysis, network modelling and graph theory were combined to compare the groups. Results suggested that verbal WM performance, while slightly impaired, was more strongly associated with measures of verbal episodic memory encoding and retrieval, as well as other measured cognitive functions in the dnPD network model compared to the HC network model. PS task performance was impaired and more strongly associated with other neuropsychological task scores in the dnPD model. Associations among task scores were stronger overall in the dnPD model. Together, these results provide further evidence that WM and PS are important influences on the other aspects of cognitive functioning measured in this study in dnPD. Moreover, they provide novel evidence that verbal WM and PS might bear greater influence on the other measured cognitive functions and that these functions are more strongly intertwined in dnPD compared to health.
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- Cameron E Ferguson
- School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Newport, UK
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- Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Neuropsychology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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Toloraia K, Gschwandtner U, Fuhr P. High-frequency multimodal training with a focus on Tai Chi in people with Parkinson's disease: a pilot study. Front Aging Neurosci 2024; 16:1335951. [PMID: 38425785 PMCID: PMC10902121 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1335951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Background and objectives Cognitive decline is an important and common complication in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) since it significantly reduces the quality of life. A breakthrough in treating and preventing cognitive decline in PD remains to be achieved. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of high-frequency and intensive multimodal training in improving motor and cognitive function. Methods Twenty-eight patients diagnosed with idiopathic PD completed a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery and were neurologically examined. The patients of the intervention group (n = 15) underwent 2 weekly sessions of Tai Chi therapy over 4 weeks and participated in an individually tailored training program consisting of two modules (smartphone-based speech training and cognitive training). A matched control group consisted of n = 13 patients with PD who received computer-assisted cognitive training. The data were analyzed with repeated-measures ANOVA. Results Four weeks of high-frequency training showed significant effects on verbal and figural episodic memory and visuospatial function in the intervention group. Compared to the control group, the cognitive performance of the intervention group improved significantly in visuospatial function and figural episodic memory. A significant improvement was also shown in the intervention group in the Tinetti Mobility Test and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. The significant effects in the Tinetti mobility test remained after the 6 months follow-up. After the intervention, the patients reported high motivation and satisfaction with the multimodal training. Conclusion In patients with PD, a multimodal training program not only improves gait and stability but may also contribute to improving cognition. Clinical trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04103255; https://register.clinicaltrials.gov/prs/app/action/LoginUser?ts=1&cx=-jg9qo4.
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- Ketevan Toloraia
- Department of Clinical Research and Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Research and Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Research and Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Torres K. Comparison of core and process scores on the California Verbal Learning Test-3 for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor patients. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2023; 45:798-812. [PMID: 37505187 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2241653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET) are two disorders known to lead to executive dysfunction, presumably through distinct pathways to the frontal lobes via the striatum or cerebellum, respectively. Memory functioning in PD and ET patients has been previously suggested to be adversely impacted by executive dysfunction. The aims of this exploratory study were to compare memory performance between and within groups on the California Verbal Learning Test - 3 (CVLT-3) through the analysis of core and process scores and to understand the relationship of these scores with measures of executive functioning. METHOD Seventy PD and 54 ET patients completed comprehensive neuropsychological testing. Independent sample t-tests or Mann-Whitney tests were used to compare between group core and process scores on the CVLT-3. Within-subjects analyses were conducted via Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test due to nonparametric data. Spearman's correlations were conducted to explore the relationship between memory process scores and measures of executive functioning. RESULTS The ET and PD samples were similar with regard to age, education, gender, and general cognitive functioning. PD patients made more repetition errors (U = 2391.50, p = .01) than ET patients and Normal Memory PD patients made more repetition errors than Low Memory PD patients (U= 711.00, p= .00). Correlational analyses revealed repetition errors were negatively associated with tests of inhibition, set shifting, and working memory (rs = -.293, -.232). ET patients demonstrated a preference for a serial cluster learning strategy (T = 861.00, p = .005), similar to PD patients (T= 1633.00, p = <.001). CONCLUSIONS The study revealed presence of higher repetition errors in the PD sample that was demonstrated to have a negative relationship with measures of executive functioning. Implications for investigating process ("qualitative") scores in memory performance to determine extent of executive involvement are discussed.
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- Karen Torres
- Department of Neurology, University of Washington Seattle WA, United States
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Siciliano M, De Micco R, Russo AG, Esposito F, Sant'Elia V, Ricciardi L, Morgante F, Russo A, Goldman JG, Chiorri C, Tedeschi G, Trojano L, Tessitore A. Memory Phenotypes In Early, De Novo Parkinson's Disease Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Mov Disord 2023; 38:1461-1472. [PMID: 37319041 DOI: 10.1002/mds.29502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Memory deficits in mild cognitive impairment related to Parkinson's disease (PD-MCI) are quite heterogeneous, and there is no general agreement on their genesis. OBJECTIVES To define memory phenotypes in de novo PD-MCI and their associations with motor and non-motor features and patients' quality of life. METHODS From a sample of 183 early de novo patients with PD, cluster analysis was applied to neuropsychological measures of memory function of 82 patients with PD-MCI (44.8%). The remaining patients free of cognitive impairment were considered as a comparison group (n = 101). Cognitive measures and structural magnetic resonance imaging-based neural correlates of memory function were used to substantiate the results. RESULTS A three-cluster model produced the best solution. Cluster A (65.85%) included memory unimpaired patients; Cluster B (23.17%) included patients with mild episodic memory disorder related to a "prefrontal executive-dependent phenotype"; Cluster C (10.97%) included patients with severe episodic memory disorder related to a "hybrid phenotype," where hippocampal-dependent deficits co-occurred with prefrontal executive-dependent memory dysfunctions. Cognitive and brain structural imaging correlates substantiated the findings. The three phenotypes did not differ in terms of motor and non-motor features, but the attention/executive deficits progressively increased from Cluster A, through Cluster B, to Cluster C. This last cluster had worse quality of life compared to others. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrated the memory heterogeneity of de novo PD-MCI, suggesting existence of three distinct memory-related phenotypes. Identification of such phenotypes can be fruitful in understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying PD-MCI and its subtypes and in guiding appropriate treatments. © 2023 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Mattia Siciliano
- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences-MRI Research Center Vanvitelli-FISM, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
- Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy
- Neurosciences Research Centre, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences-MRI Research Center Vanvitelli-FISM, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences-MRI Research Center Vanvitelli-FISM, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences-MRI Research Center Vanvitelli-FISM, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences-MRI Research Center Vanvitelli-FISM, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Neurosciences Research Centre, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Neurosciences Research Centre, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences-MRI Research Center Vanvitelli-FISM, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Educational Sciences, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences-MRI Research Center Vanvitelli-FISM, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences-MRI Research Center Vanvitelli-FISM, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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Lee EY. Memory Deficits in Parkinson's Disease Are Associated with Impaired Attentional Filtering and Memory Consolidation Processes. J Clin Med 2023; 12:4594. [PMID: 37510708 PMCID: PMC10380592 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12144594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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The present study examined mechanisms underlying memory deficits in Parkinson's disease (PD) and their associations with brain structural metrics. Nineteen PD patients and twenty-two matched controls underwent two memory experiments. In Experiment 1 (delayed memory task), subjects were asked to remember an array of colored rectangles with varying memory set sizes (Low-Load (2 items), Low-Load (relevant 2 items) with Distractor (irrelevant 3 items), and High-Load (5 items)). After a 7 s delay period, they reported whether the orientation of any relevant figures had changed (test period). In Experiment 2 (working memory task), memory arrays were presented in varying set sizes (2 to 6 items) without distractors, followed by a 2 s delay period and a subsequent test period. Brain MRI data were acquired to assess structural differences (volumes and cortical thickness) in areas related to attention, working memory storage capacity, and episodic memory. Multivariate analyses of covariance revealed that, compared with controls, PD patients had lower memory capacity scores in all memory load conditions for Experiment 1 (p < 0.021), whereas there were no group differences in any memory load conditions for Experiment 2 (p > 0.06). In addition, PD patients had lower cortical thickness in the left superior temporal gyrus (p = 0.02), a region related to the ventral attentional system. Moreover, regression analyses revealed that lower cortical thickness values in the left superior temporal gyrus significantly predicted lower memory scores of Low-Load and Low-Load with Distractor conditions in Experiment 1 (p < 0.044) and lower scores of memory load conditions of 4 and 5 items in Experiment 2 (p < 0.012). These findings suggest that memory deficits in PD may partly be due to impaired attentional filtering and memory consolidation processes that may be related to superior temporal neurodegeneration. Future studies are warranted to confirm the current findings to guide the development of effective treatments for memory deficits in PD.
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- Eun-Young Lee
- Department of Health Care and Science, Dong-A University, Busan 49315, Republic of Korea
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Fama R, Müller-Oehring EM, Levine TF, Sullivan EV, Sassoon SA, Asok P, Brontë-Stewart HM, Poston KL, Pohl KM, Pfefferbaum A, Schulte T. Episodic memory deficit in HIV infection: common phenotype with Parkinson's disease, different neural substrates. Brain Struct Funct 2023; 228:845-858. [PMID: 37069296 PMCID: PMC10147801 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-023-02626-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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Episodic memory deficits occur in people living with HIV (PLWH) and individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). Given known effects of HIV and PD on frontolimbic systems, episodic memory deficits are often attributed to executive dysfunction. Although executive dysfunction, evidenced as retrieval deficits, is relevant to mnemonic deficits, learning deficits may also contribute. Here, the California Verbal Learning Test-II, administered to 42 PLWH, 41 PD participants, and 37 controls, assessed learning and retrieval using measures of free recall, cued recall, and recognition. Executive function was assessed with a composite score comprising Stroop Color-Word Reading and Backward Digit Spans. Neurostructural correlates were examined with MRI of frontal (precentral, superior, orbital, middle, inferior, supplemental motor, medial) and limbic (hippocampus, thalamus) volumes. HIV and PD groups were impaired relative to controls on learning and free and cued recall trials but did not differ on recognition or retention of learned material. In no case did executive functioning solely account for the observed mnemonic deficits or brain-performance relations. Critically, the shared learning and retrieval deficits in HIV and PD were related to different substrates of frontolimbic mnemonic neurocircuitry. Specifically, diminished learning and poorer free and cued recall were related to smaller orbitofrontal volume in PLWH but not PD, whereas diminished learning in PD but not PLWH was related to smaller frontal superior volume. In PD, poorer recognition correlated with smaller thalamic volume and poorer retention to hippocampal volume. Although memory deficits were similar, the neural correlates in HIV and PD suggest different pathogenic mechanisms.
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- Rosemary Fama
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- Neuroscience Program, Center for Health Sciences, Bioscience Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
- Neuroscience Program, Center for Health Sciences, Bioscience Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Center for Health Sciences, Bioscience Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- Neuroscience Program, Center for Health Sciences, Bioscience Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- Neuroscience Program, Center for Health Sciences, Bioscience Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- Neuroscience Program, Center for Health Sciences, Bioscience Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Center for Health Sciences, Bioscience Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Clinical Psychology, Palo Alto University, 1791 Arastradero Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA
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Steinbach MJ, Campbell RW, DeVore BB, Harrison DW. Laterality in Parkinson's disease: A neuropsychological review. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. ADULT 2023; 30:126-140. [PMID: 33844619 DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2021.1907392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Laterality of motor symptom onset in Parkinson's disease is both well-known and under-appreciated. Treatment of disorders that have asymmetric pathological features, such as stroke and epilepsy, demonstrate the importance of incorporating hemispheric lateralization and specialization into therapy and care planning. These practices could theoretically extend to Parkinson's disease, providing increased diagnostic accuracy and improved treatment outcomes. Additionally, while motor symptoms have generally received the majority of attention, non-motor features (e.g., autonomic dysfunction) also decrease quality of life and are influenced by asymmetrical neurodegeneration. Due to the laterality of cognitive and behavioral processes in the two brain hemispheres, analysis of hemibody side of onset can potentially give insight into expected symptom profile of the patient and allow for increased predictive accuracy of disease progression and outcome, thus opening the door to personalized and improved therapy in treating Parkinson's disease patients. This review discusses motor and non-motor symptoms (namely autonomic, sensory, emotional, and cognitive dysfunction) of Parkinson's disease in respect to hemispheric lateralization from a theoretical perspective in hopes of providing a framework for future research and personalized treatment.
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Siquier A, Andrés P. Face name matching and memory complaints in Parkinson’s disease. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1051488. [DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1051488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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ObjectiveMemory impairment is a hallmark cognitive deficit in Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, it remains unclear which processes underlie this deficit in PD. Also, little is known on these patients’ subjective experiences of memory difficulties and their relationship with objective measures. We aim to portray memory deficits in PD by combining objective and subjective memory measures.MethodsFifteen PD patients and 15 controls were assessed with an extended version of the Face-Name Associative Memory Exam (FNAME) and the Memory Failures of Everyday Questionnaire (MFE-28). We also explored the relationship among clinical and cognitive variables.ResultsParticipants with PD presented with more memory complaints. On the FNAME, these patients exhibited lower performance in free recall, as well as in name recognition and matching. Importantly, when controlling for initial learning, group effects disappeared, except for matching. Associative memory therefore was significantly compromised in PD and correlated with subjective memory complaints (SMC).ConclusionOur findings suggest that associative memory may constitute a sensitive measure to detect subtle memory deficits in PD. Moreover, the current study further clarifies the source of memory impairment in PD. Thus, our study highlights the clinical value of including associative memory tests such as the FNAME in PD neuropsychological assessment.
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Wenke Š, Mana J, Havlík F, Cohn M, Nikolai T, Buschke H, Nepožitek J, Peřinová P, Dostálová S, Ibarburu Lorenzo Y Losada V, Růžička E, Šonka K, Dušek P, Bezdicek O. Characterization of memory profile in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2022; 44:237-250. [DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2022.2107182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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- Štěpán Wenke
- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Magnante AT, Ord AS, Holland JA, Sautter SW. Neurocognitive functioning of patients with early-stage Parkinson's disease. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. ADULT 2022:1-12. [PMID: 35931087 DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2022.2106865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological disorder commonly associated with motor deficits. However, cognitive impairment is also common in patients with PD. Cognitive concerns in PD may affect multiple domains of neurocognition and vary across different stages of the disease. Extant research has focused mainly on cognitive deficits in middle to late stages of PD, whereas few studies have examined the unique cognitive profiles of patients with early-stage PD. This study addressed this gap in the published literature and examined neurocognitive functioning and functional capacity of patients with de novo PD, focusing on the unique pattern of cognitive deficits specific to the early stage of the disease. Results indicated that the pattern of cognitive deficits in patients with PD (n = 55; mean age = 72.93) was significantly different from healthy controls (n = 59; mean age = 71.88). Specifically, tasks related to executive functioning, attention, and verbal memory demonstrated the most pronounced deficits in patients with early-stage PD. Clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
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- Anna Theresa Magnante
- College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
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- College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
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- College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
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- College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
- Hampton Roads Neuropsychology Inc., Virginia Beach, VA, USA
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de Souza JM, Ferreira-Vieira TH, Maciel EMA, Silva NC, Lima IBQ, Doria JG, Olmo IG, Ribeiro FM. mGluR5 ablation leads to age-related synaptic plasticity impairments and does not improve Huntington’s disease phenotype. Sci Rep 2022; 12:8982. [PMID: 35643779 PMCID: PMC9148310 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-13029-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Glutamate receptors, including mGluR5, are involved in learning and memory impairments triggered by aging and neurological diseases. However, each condition involves distinct molecular mechanisms. It is still unclear whether the mGluR5 cell signaling pathways involved in normal brain aging differ from those altered due to neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we employed wild type (WT), mGluR5−/−, BACHD, which is a mouse model of Huntington’s Disease (HD), and mGluR5−/−/BACHD mice, at the ages of 2, 6 and 12 months, to distinguish the mGluR5-dependent cell signaling pathways involved in aging and neurodegenerative diseases. We demonstrated that the memory impairment exhibited by mGluR5−/− mice is accompanied by massive neuronal loss and decreased dendritic spine density in the hippocampus, similarly to BACHD and BACHD/mGluR5−/− mice. Moreover, mGluR5 ablation worsens some of the HD-related alterations. We also show that mGluR5−/− and BACHD/mGluR5−/− mice have decreased levels of PSD95, BDNF, and Arc/Arg3.1, whereas BACHD mice are mostly spared. PSD95 expression was affected exclusively by mGluR5 ablation in the aging context, making it a potential target to treat age-related alterations. Taken together, we reaffirm the relevance of mGluR5 for memory and distinguish the mGluR5 cell signaling pathways involved in normal brain aging from those implicated in HD.
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Meyer A, Handabaka I, Ehrensperger MM, Gschwandtner U, Hatz F, Monsch AU, Stieglitz RD, Fuhr P. A Comparison of Serial Position Effects in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Parkinson's Disease or to Alzheimer's Disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2021; 49:170-178. [PMID: 32634809 DOI: 10.1159/000507757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The first (primacy region) and last (recency region) items of a word list are generally better memorized than items from the middle region. The recency effect depends on short-term memory (STM) and the primacy effect on long-term memory (LTM), where verbal information is transferred from STM into LTM by maintenance rehearsal. We compared the serial position effects (SPE) between patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Parkinson's disease (PD), i.e., PD-MCI, and patients with MCI due to Alzheimer's disease (AD-MCI), and evaluated the influence of SPE and frontostriatal deficits on verbal memory recall. METHODS Four similar groups of subjects participated in the study: 26 PD-MCI patients, 26 cognitively normal patients with PD (PD-CN), 26 AD-MCI patients, and 26 normal controls (NC). Verbal episodic memory, verbal span, attentional capacity, executive functions, and verbal working memory performance were assessed. Measures for primacy and recency regions were defined at the first trial of a 16-items word list. Hierarchical regression models were used to investigate the contribution of frontostriatal deficits beyond SPE on verbal memory recall performance ("long-delay free recall") in PD and AD patients. RESULTS Primacy effects were significantly diminished in both PD-MCI and AD-MCI patients relative to NC and PD-CN (all p < 0.01). Compared to PD-MCI patients, AD-MCI patients exhibited significantly worse "delayed-recall 'savings'." Reduced primacy effect was predictive for decreased recall performance in PD and AD. The conducted hierarchical regression model revealed that in PD, but not in AD patients, performance of attention and executive function significantly increased the prediction of free recalled words. CONCLUSIONS Reduced recall performance is likely due to impaired transition of newly learned material from STM into LTM in AD and in PD. Whereas AD-MCI patients suffer from a storage deficit, the similarly reduced recall performance found in patients with PD-MCI may additionally be related to deficient attentional and executive capacity.
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- Antonia Meyer
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland,
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Memory Clinic, University Center for Medicine of Aging Basel, Felix Platter Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Memory Clinic, University Center for Medicine of Aging Basel, Felix Platter Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Perez-Fernandez C, Morales-Navas M, Guardia-Escote L, Colomina MT, Giménez E, Sánchez Santed F. Pesticides and aging: Preweaning exposure to Chlorpyrifos induces a general hypomotricity state in late-adult rats. Neurotoxicology 2021; 86:69-77. [PMID: 34274376 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2021.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The molecular and behavioral effects of the developmental exposure to low doses of Chlorpyrifos (CPF) have been intensively studied in young (neonates and adolescents), and adult animals. However, no study examined influences of developmental CPF exposure in older adult or geriatric rats. This is relevant as such ages are generally linked to cognitive decline and the onset of specific neurodegenerative disorders, some of them previously associated with CPF exposure in both preclinical and human studies. 1 mg/kg/mL of CPF was orally administered to both male and female Wistar rats from Postnatal day 10 to 15. Animals' spatial memory, learning, compulsivity, motricity, and anxiety were analyzed with Morris Water Maze (15-16 months of age) and the Plus-maze (at 18 months of age). Results showed that postnatal CPF exposure did not alter either spatial memory, compulsive-like behaviors, or anxiety levels in late-adult rats. However, CPF exposed rats were hyposensitive to brief disruptions (Probe stage) following the learning phase and showed a general decrease in locomotor activity in both paradigms. These data are relevant as it is the first time that developmental exposure to CPF has been studied at such a late age, observing important effects in locomotor activity that could be linked to specific pathologies previously associated with CPF effects in people. Future studies should extend these findings to other behaviors and molecular outcomes.
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- Cristian Perez-Fernandez
- Department of Psychology and Health Research Center (CEINSA), Laboratory of Psychobiology, University of Almería CeiA3, 04120, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería, Spain.
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- Department of Psychology and Health Research Center (CEINSA), Laboratory of Psychobiology, University of Almería CeiA3, 04120, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería, Spain.
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- Research in Neurobehavior and Health (NEUROLAB), Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain; Department of Psychology and Research Center for Behavior Assessment (CRAMC), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007, Carretera de Valls, s/n, Tarragona, Spain.
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- Research in Neurobehavior and Health (NEUROLAB), Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain; Department of Psychology and Research Center for Behavior Assessment (CRAMC), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007, Carretera de Valls, s/n, Tarragona, Spain.
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- Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, Ctra. Sacramento, s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain.
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- Department of Psychology and Health Research Center (CEINSA), Laboratory of Psychobiology, University of Almería CeiA3, 04120, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería, Spain.
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Pezzoli S, Sánchez-Valle R, Solanes A, Kempton MJ, Bandmann O, Shin JI, Cagnin A, Goldman JG, Merkitch D, Firbank MJ, Taylor JP, Pagonabarraga J, Kulisevsky J, Blanc F, Verdolini N, Venneri A, Radua J. Neuroanatomical and cognitive correlates of visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies: Voxel-based morphometry and neuropsychological meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 128:367-382. [PMID: 34171324 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Visual hallucinations (VH) are common in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, two forms of Lewy body disease (LBD), but the neural substrates and mechanisms involved are still unclear. We conducted meta-analyses of voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and neuropsychological studies investigating the neuroanatomical and cognitive correlates of VH in LBD. For VBM (12 studies), we used Seed-based d Mapping with Permutation of Subject Images (SDM-PSI), including statistical parametric maps for 50% of the studies. For neuropsychology (35 studies), we used MetaNSUE to consider non-statistically significant unreported effects. VH were associated with smaller grey matter volume in occipital, frontal, occipitotemporal, and parietal areas (peak Hedges' g -0.34 to -0.49). In patients with Parkinson's disease without dementia, VH were associated with lower verbal immediate memory performance (Hedges' g -0.52). Both results survived correction for multiple comparisons. Abnormalities in these brain regions might reflect dysfunctions in brain networks sustaining visuoperceptive, attention, and executive abilities, with the latter also being at the basis of poor immediate memory performance.
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- Stefania Pezzoli
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences, King's College London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Shirley Ryan Ability Lab Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders program, Chicago, IL, USA; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Departments of Physical Medicine and Neurology, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Shirley Ryan Ability Lab Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders program, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (U.A.B.), Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques - Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain; Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (U.A.B.), Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques - Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain; Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Geriatrics Day Hospital and Neuropsychology Unit, Geriatrics Department and Neurology Service, Memory Resources and Research Centre (CMRR), University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Team IMIS/Neurocrypto, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), ICube Laboratory and Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain; Bipolar and Depressive Disorders Unit, Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, London, UK
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain; Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Centre for Psychiatric Research and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Neuropsychiatric and Cognitive Deficits in Parkinson's Disease and Their Modeling in Rodents. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9060684. [PMID: 34204380 PMCID: PMC8234051 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9060684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is associated with a large burden of non-motor symptoms including olfactory and autonomic dysfunction, as well as neuropsychiatric (depression, anxiety, apathy) and cognitive disorders (executive dysfunctions, memory and learning impairments). Some of these non-motor symptoms may precede the onset of motor symptoms by several years, and they significantly worsen during the course of the disease. The lack of systematic improvement of these non-motor features by dopamine replacement therapy underlines their multifactorial origin, with an involvement of monoaminergic and cholinergic systems, as well as alpha-synuclein pathology in frontal and limbic cortical circuits. Here we describe mood and neuropsychiatric disorders in PD and review their occurrence in rodent models of PD. Altogether, toxin-based rodent models of PD indicate a significant but non-exclusive contribution of mesencephalic dopaminergic loss in anxiety, apathy, and depressive-like behaviors, as well as in learning and memory deficits. Gene-based models display significant deficits in learning and memory, as well as executive functions, highlighting the contribution of alpha-synuclein pathology to these non-motor deficits. Collectively, neuropsychiatric and cognitive deficits are recapitulated to some extent in rodent models, providing partial but nevertheless useful options to understand the pathophysiology of non-motor symptoms and develop therapeutic options for these debilitating symptoms of PD.
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Choi EJ, Kim BJ, Kim HJ, Kwon M, Han NE, Lee SM, Jo S, Lee S, Lee JH. False Memory and Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Study with Amyloid PET. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra 2021; 11:172-180. [PMID: 34249074 PMCID: PMC8255744 DOI: 10.1159/000516230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Introduction False memory, observed as intrusion errors or false positives (FPs), is prevalent in patients with Alzheimer's disease, but has yet to be thoroughly investigated in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI) with Alzheimer's disease pathology (ADP). We analyzed false versus veridical memory in individuals with a-MCI and measured the utility of false memory for ADP discrimination. Methods Patients with a-MCI who received neuropsychological testing and amyloid PET were included. Patients were categorized into "with" and "without ADP" groups according to PET results. Memory tests assessed veridical and false memory, and the verity of patient responses was analyzed. A logistic regression model was used to evaluate false memory efficiency in discriminating ADP, and the sensitivity and specificity at the optimal level were estimated using the receiver-operating characteristic curve. Results Thirty-seven ADP and 46 non-ADP patients were enrolled. The ADP group made more FPs in the recognition tests, and their response verity was significantly lower in every delayed memory test. No group difference, however, was observed in the veridical memory. The logistic regression analysis demonstrated that as the FPs increased, the risk of ADP increased 1.31 and 1.36 times in the verbal and visual recognition tests, respectively. The discriminatory accuracy of the FPs was estimated "low" to "moderate" in the visual and verbal recognition, respectively, with an optimal cutoff above 2.5. Conclusion Increased false memory was the only feature to discriminate ADP from non-ADP in individuals with a-MCI. Further studies regarding false memory and its mechanism are warranted.
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- Eun-Ji Choi
- Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Carlesimo GA, Taglieri S, Zabberoni S, Scalici F, Peppe A, Caltagirone C, Costa A. Subjective organization in the episodic memory of individuals with Parkinson's disease associated with mild cognitive impairment. J Neuropsychol 2021; 16:161-182. [PMID: 34089629 DOI: 10.1111/jnp.12256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Word clustering (i.e., the ability to reproduce the same word pairs in consecutive recall trials of an unrelated word list) has been extensively investigated as a proxy of subjective organization (SO) of memorandum. In healthy subjects and in groups of brain-damaged patients, the rate of SO generally predicts accuracy of word list recall. This study aimed at evaluating SO in the performance of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) on a word list recall task in order to investigate the basic mechanisms of episodic memory impairment that are frequently observed in these patients. For this purpose, 56 PD patients, who were stratified according to the presence and quality of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and a group of healthy controls (HCs) were administered a word list task and an extensive battery of neuropsychological tests. Results showed that recall accuracy on the word list task progressively decreased passing from HC to PD patients without cognitive impairment, to patients with single-domain dysexecutive MCI and to patients with multiple-domain dysexecutive and amnesic MCI. Conversely, only the latter PD group showed a lower SO score than that achieved by the other groups. In the overall PD group, correlational and regression analyses demonstrated that SO scores and a composite score of executive functions were not reciprocally related, but both provided an independent and significant contribution to the prediction of word list recall accuracy. These data are discussed in terms of the contribution of executive functions and hippocampal storage processes to the onset of memory impairment in PD.
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- Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo
- Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.,IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.,Niccolò Cusano University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.,IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.,Niccolò Cusano University, Rome, Italy
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Martinez NW, Gómez FE, Matus S. The Potential Role of Protein Kinase R as a Regulator of Age-Related Neurodegeneration. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 13:638208. [PMID: 33994991 PMCID: PMC8113420 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.638208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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There is a growing evidence describing a decline in adaptive homeostasis in aging-related diseases affecting the central nervous system (CNS), many of which are characterized by the appearance of non-native protein aggregates. One signaling pathway that allows cell adaptation is the integrated stress response (ISR), which senses stress stimuli through four kinases. ISR activation promotes translational arrest through the phosphorylation of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2α) and the induction of a gene expression program to restore cellular homeostasis. However, depending on the stimulus, ISR can also induce cell death. One of the ISR sensors is the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase [protein kinase R (PKR)], initially described as a viral infection sensor, and now a growing evidence supports a role for PKR on CNS physiology. PKR has been largely involved in the Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathological process. Here, we reviewed the antecedents supporting the role of PKR on the efficiency of synaptic transmission and cognition. Then, we review PKR’s contribution to AD and discuss the possible participation of PKR as a player in the neurodegenerative process involved in aging-related pathologies affecting the CNS.
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- Nicolás W Martinez
- Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile.,Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile
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- Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile.,Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile
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Episodic Memory Impairment in Parkinson's Disease: Disentangling the Role of Encoding and Retrieval. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2021; 27:261-269. [PMID: 32967754 DOI: 10.1017/s1355617720000909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The source of episodic memory (EM) impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD) is still unclear. In the present study, we sought to quantify specifically encoding, consolidation, and retrieval process deficits in a list-learning paradigm by a novel method, the item-specific deficit approach (ISDA). METHODS We applied the ISDA method to the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) in a sample of 15 PD patients and 15 healthy participants. RESULTS The results revealed differences in free recall performance between PD patients and controls. These patients, however, benefited from cues as much as controls did, and total recall did not differ between groups. When analyzing the ISDA indices for encoding, consolidation, and retrieval deficits, the results showed a general memory deficit, but with a clear focus on encoding and retrieval, as revealed by the sensitivity values. Moreover, controlling for initial learning did not eliminate group effects in retrieval. CONCLUSIONS Our findings reveal a mixed pattern in PD patients, with deficits in both encoding and retrieval processes in memory. Also, despite the fact that an encoding dysfunction may explain some of the deficits observed at retrieval, it cannot fully account for the differences, highlighting that both encoding and retrieval factors are necessary to understand memory deficits in PD.
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Havlík F, Mana J, Dušek P, Jech R, Růžička E, Kopeček M, Georgi H, Bezdicek O. Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised: normative data and clinical utility of learning indices in Parkinson’s disease. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2020; 42:1099-1110. [DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2020.1845303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Filip Havlík
- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Science and Research, Prague College of Psychosocial Studies, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Science and Research, Prague College of Psychosocial Studies, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
- Department of Psychiatry, Charles University, Third Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Science and Research, Prague College of Psychosocial Studies, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Science and Research, Prague College of Psychosocial Studies, Prague, Czech Republic
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Benge JF, Kiselica AM. Rapid communication: Preliminary validation of a telephone adapted Montreal Cognitive Assessment for the identification of mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease. Clin Neuropsychol 2020; 35:133-147. [PMID: 32779959 DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2020.1801848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Objective: In the current pandemic, tele-screening of neuropsychological status has become a necessity. Instruments developed for telephone screening are not as well validated as traditional neuropsychological measures. Therefore, the current study presents preliminary validation of a telephone version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA) in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD).Method: Twenty-one persons with PD completed the T-MoCA along with a traditional neuropsychological battery. Diagnostic accuracy for the presence of PD-related mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and correlations with traditional neuropsychological measures are reported.Results: Individuals with MCI (n = 9) scored lower than individuals without cognitive impairment (17.56 vs. 19.50; t = -2.28, p = .03, d = -1.00). Diagnostic accuracy for MCI ranged from 76% to 81%, with sensitivity ranging from 0.56 to 0.67 and specificity ranging from 0.92 to 1.00. Correlations of T-MoCA derived scores with traditional neuropsychological measures were quite modest, with the exception of the memory impairment scale.Conclusions: This rapid communication presents preliminary validation of the T-MoCA for use in individuals with PD. Caveats and implications for practical use in the current pandemic are discussed.
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- Jared F Benge
- Department of Neurology, Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, TX, USA.,Plummer Movement Disorder Center, BSWH Health, Temple, TX, USA.,Texas A&M College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, TX, USA
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Loprinzi PD. Effects of Exercise on Long-Term Potentiation in Neuropsychiatric Disorders. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020; 1228:439-451. [PMID: 32342476 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1792-1_30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Various neuropsychiatric conditions, such as depression, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease, demonstrate evidence of impaired long-term potentiation, a cellular correlate of episodic memory function. This chapter discusses the mechanistic effects of these neuropsychiatric conditions on long-term potentiation and how exercise may help to attenuate these detrimental effects.
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- Paul D Loprinzi
- Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation Management, Exercise and Memory Laboratory, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA.
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Kormas C, Zalonis I, Evdokimidis I, Kapaki E, Potagas C. The Modality Effect on Delayed Free Recall in Non-demented Patients With Mild Parkinson's Disease Progression. Front Aging Neurosci 2019; 11:189. [PMID: 31396079 PMCID: PMC6664063 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: The modality effect plays the central role in learning and memory functions. Retrieval failure constitutes a common memory impairment that occurs among patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, little knowledge exists about the relation between modality effect and delayed recall impairment in PD. The primary goal of this study was to compare delayed free recall performance between three different memory modalities (verbal, visual, and cross visual-verbal) in a sample of non-demented patients with mild PD progression. The secondary goal was to explore the frequency of deficient performance on the basis of normative comparisons on each of the three delayed free-recall measures. Method: A total of 71 non-demented patients with mild PD progression were recruited for the administration of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), the Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCFT), and the Greek Version of Face-Name Associative Memory Examination (GR-FNAME12). Results: The percentages of deficient-performances for the three delayed free recall measures were 45.1% (32/71), 39.4% (28/71) and 31% (22/71) for the GR-FNAME12, ROFCT and RAVLT, respectively. The results indicated no significant difference between performances of the GR-FNAME12 and ROCFT, both of which were significantly lower than performance on the RAVLT. Conclusions: In conclusion, delayed free recall appears to be more severely affected in the cross visual-verbal and visual memory modalities than in verbal-memory modalities in the early phase of PD progression.
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- Constantinos Kormas
- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Pal A, Pegwal N, Kaur S, Mehta N, Behari M, Sharma R. Deficit in specific cognitive domains associated with dementia in Parkinson's disease. J Clin Neurosci 2018; 57:116-120. [PMID: 30150061 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Impairment in different cognitive domains such as executive functions, language, memory and visuospatial skills occur frequently in Parkinson disease (PD) leading to significant disability and deterioration in quality of life. Heterogeneity of cognitive impairment enhances risk of developing dementia as disease progress. The objective is to explore the pattern of cognitive impairment with reference to the affected domains in PD with or without dementia relative to healthy controls. In this study, 110 PD patients and 26 healthy control were categorized into groups using Mini Mental State Examination and Clinical Dementia Rating scores as PD without dementia (PDND, n = 65; MMSE score >24; CDR = 0-1), PD with dementia (PDD, n = 45; MMSE score ≤24; CDR = 0.5-3) and healthy control (HC, n = 26; MMSE score >26; CDR = 0). Both Patients and controls underwent individual assessments of working memory, semantic memory, attention, language, executive functions, psychomotor and visuospatial skills and dementia using different cognitive function tests. Findings revealed lower scores of word memory, attention, psychomotor speed, visuospatial skills and executive functions in PDD compared to PDND. Interestingly, in PDD scores of picture memory, semantic memory and language functions were comparable with PDND. Compared to HC, PDND had no impairment in working memory, attention and executive functions, whereas PDD had lower scores in all the cognitive domains tested. Results indicate that the deficits in word memory, attention, psychomotor speed, visuospatial skills and executive functions distinguishes PDD from PDND. Impairment in specific cognitive domains may be a biomarker for predicting onset of dementia in Parkinson's disease.
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- Anita Pal
- Stress and Cognitive Electroimaging Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Stress and Cognitive Electroimaging Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Stress and Cognitive Electroimaging Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Stress and Cognitive Electroimaging Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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- Department of Neurology, Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India
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- Stress and Cognitive Electroimaging Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
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Robertson BD, Al Jaja AS, MacDonald AA, Hiebert NM, Tamjeedi R, Seergobin KN, Schwarz UI, Kim RB, MacDonald PA. SLC6A3 Polymorphism Predisposes to Dopamine Overdose in Parkinson's Disease. Front Neurol 2018; 9:693. [PMID: 30186226 PMCID: PMC6110885 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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In Parkinson's disease (PD), cognitive functions mediated by brain regions innervated by ventral tegmental area (VTA) worsen with dopamine replacement therapy, whereas processes relying on regions innervated by the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) improve. The SLC6A3 gene encodes the dopamine transporter (DAT). The common 9R polymorphism produces higher DAT concentrations and consequently lower baseline dopamine than SLC6A3 wildtype. Whether SLC6A3 genotype modulates the effect of dopaminergic therapy on cognition in PD is not known. We investigated the effect of dopaminergic therapy and SLC6A3 genotype on encoding and recall of abstract images using the Aggie Figures Learning Test in PD patients. Encoding depends upon brain regions innervated by the VTA, whereas recall is mediated by widespread brain regions, a number innervated by the SNc. We found that dopaminergic therapy worsened encoding of abstract images in 9R carriers only. In contrast, dopaminergic therapy improved recall of abstract images in all PD patients, irrespective of SLC6A3 genotype. Our findings suggest that 9R-carrier PD patients are more predisposed to dopamine overdose and medication-induced impairment of cognitive functions mediated by VTA-innervated brain regions. Interestingly, PD patients without the 9R polymorphism did not show such an impairment. SLC6A3 genotype does not modulate the dopaminergic therapy-induced improvement of functions mediated by SNc-innervated regions in PD patients.
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- Brian D Robertson
- Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,Department of Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Undergraduate Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,Department of Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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Ghazi Sherbaf F, Rostam Abadi Y, Mojtahed Zadeh M, Ashraf-Ganjouei A, Sanjari Moghaddam H, Aarabi MH. Microstructural Changes in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Comorbid With REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder and Depressive Symptoms. Front Neurol 2018; 9:441. [PMID: 29997561 PMCID: PMC6028696 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) is currently anchored on clinical motor symptoms, which appear more than 20 years after initiation of the neurotoxicity. Extra-nigral involvement in the onset of PD with probable nonmotor manifestations before the development of motor signs, lead us to the preclinical (asymptomatic) or prodromal stages of the disease (various nonmotor or subtle motor signs). REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and depression are established prodromal clinical markers of PD and predict worse motor and cognitive outcomes. Nevertheless, taken by themselves, these markers are not yet claimed to be practical in identifying high-risk individuals. Combining promising markers may be helpful in a reliable diagnosis of early PD. Therefore, we aimed to detect neural correlates of RBD and depression in 93 treatment-naïve and non-demented early PD by means of diffusion MRI connectometry. Comparing four groups of PD patients with or without comorbid RBD and/or depressive symptoms with each other and with 31 healthy controls, we found that these two non-motor symptoms are associated with lower connectivity in several white matter tracts including the cerebellar peduncles, corpus callosum and long association fibers such as cingulum, fornix, and inferior longitudinal fasciculus. For the first time, we were able to detect the involvement of short association fibers (U-fibers) in PD neurodegenerative process. Longitudinal studies on larger sample groups are needed to further investigate the reported associations.
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Mantovani S, Smith SS, Gordon R, O'Sullivan JD. An overview of sleep and circadian dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. J Sleep Res 2018; 27:e12673. [PMID: 29493044 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Sleep and circadian alterations are amongst the very first symptoms experienced in Parkinson's disease, and sleep alterations are present in the majority of patients with overt clinical manifestation of Parkinson's disease. However, the magnitude of sleep and circadian dysfunction in Parkinson's disease, and its influence on the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease remains often unclear and a matter of debate. In particular, the confounding influences of dopaminergic therapy on sleep and circadian dysfunction are a major challenge, and need to be more carefully addressed in clinical studies. The scope of this narrative review is to summarise the current knowledge around both sleep and circadian alterations in Parkinson's disease. We provide an overview on the frequency of excessive daytime sleepiness, insomnia, restless legs, obstructive apnea and nocturia in Parkinson's disease, as well as addressing sleep structure, rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder and circadian features in Parkinson's disease. Sleep and circadian disorders have been linked to pathological conditions that are often co-morbid in Parkinson's disease, including cognitive decline, memory impairment and neurodegeneration. Therefore, targeting sleep and circadian alterations could be one of the earliest and most promising opportunities to slow disease progression. We hope that this review will contribute to advance the discussion and inform new research efforts to progress our knowledge in this field.
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- Susanna Mantovani
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Herston, QLD, Australia.,Wesley Medical Research, Auchenflower, QLD, Australia.,Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), The University of Queensland, Indooroopilly, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Herston, QLD, Australia.,Wesley Medical Research, Auchenflower, QLD, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Herston, QLD, Australia.,Wesley Medical Research, Auchenflower, QLD, Australia.,Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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Novellino F, Vasta R, Sarica A, Chiriaco C, Salsone M, Morelli M, Arabia G, Saccà V, Nicoletti G, Quattrone A. Relationship between Hippocampal Subfields and Category Cued Recall in AD and PDD: A Multimodal MRI Study. Neuroscience 2018; 371:506-517. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Targa AD, Noseda ACD, Rodrigues LS, Aurich MF, Lima MM. REM sleep deprivation and dopaminergic D2 receptors modulation increase recognition memory in an animal model of Parkinson’s disease. Behav Brain Res 2018; 339:239-248. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Zavala BA, Jang AI, Zaghloul KA. Human subthalamic nucleus activity during non-motor decision making. eLife 2017; 6:e31007. [PMID: 29243587 PMCID: PMC5780045 DOI: 10.7554/elife.31007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Recent studies have implicated the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in decisions that involve inhibiting movements. Many of the decisions that we make in our daily lives, however, do not involve any motor actions. We studied non-motor decision making by recording intraoperative STN and prefrontal cortex (PFC) electrophysiology as participants perform a novel task that required them to decide whether to encode items into working memory. During all encoding trials, beta band (15-30 Hz) activity decreased in the STN and PFC, and this decrease was progressively enhanced as more items were stored into working memory. Crucially, the STN and lateral PFC beta decrease was significantly attenuated during the trials in which participants were instructed not to encode the presented stimulus. These changes were associated with increase lateral PFC-STN coherence and altered STN neuronal spiking. Our results shed light on why states of altered basal ganglia activity disrupt both motor function and cognition.
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- Baltazar A Zavala
- Surgical Neurology BranchNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeBethesdaUnited States
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- Surgical Neurology BranchNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeBethesdaUnited States
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- Surgical Neurology BranchNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeBethesdaUnited States
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Díez-Cirarda M, Ojeda N, Peña J, Cabrera-Zubizarreta A, Lucas-Jiménez O, Gómez-Esteban JC, Gómez-Beldarrain MÁ, Ibarretxe-Bilbao N. Increased brain connectivity and activation after cognitive rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled trial. Brain Imaging Behav 2017; 11:1640-1651. [PMID: 27757820 PMCID: PMC5707237 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-016-9639-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cognitive rehabilitation programs have demonstrated efficacy in improving cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease (PD), but little is known about cerebral changes associated with an integrative cognitive rehabilitation in PD. To assess structural and functional cerebral changes in PD patients, after attending a three-month integrative cognitive rehabilitation program (REHACOP). Forty-four PD patients were randomly divided into REHACOP group (cognitive rehabilitation) and a control group (occupational therapy). T1-weighted, diffusion weighted and functional magnetic resonance images (fMRI) during resting-state and during a memory paradigm (with learning and recognition tasks) were acquired at pre-treatment and post-treatment. Cerebral changes were assessed with repeated measures ANOVA 2 × 2 for group x time interaction. During resting-state fMRI, the REHACOP group showed significantly increased brain connectivity between the left inferior temporal lobe and the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex compared to the control group. Moreover, during the recognition fMRI task, the REHACOP group showed significantly increased brain activation in the left middle temporal area compared to the control group. During the learning fMRI task, the REHACOP group showed increased brain activation in the left inferior frontal lobe at post-treatment compared to pre-treatment. No significant structural changes were found between pre- and post-treatment. Finally, the REHACOP group showed significant and positive correlations between the brain connectivity and activation and the cognitive performance at post-treatment. This randomized controlled trial suggests that an integrative cognitive rehabilitation program can produce significant functional cerebral changes in PD patients and adds evidence to the efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation programs in the therapeutic approach for PD.
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- María Díez-Cirarda
- Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Biskay, Spain
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- Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Biskay, Spain
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- Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Biskay, Spain
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- Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Biskay, Spain
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- Neurodegenerative Unit, Biocruces Research Institute; Neurology Service, Cruces University Hospital, Bilbao, Biskay, Spain
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- Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Biskay, Spain.
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Bezdicek O, Nikolai T, Nepožitek J, Peřinová P, Kemlink D, Dušek P, Příhodová I, Dostálová S, Ibarburu V, Trnka J, Kupka K, Mecková Z, Keller J, Vymazal J, Růžička E, Šonka K, Dušek P. Prospective memory impairment in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder. Clin Neuropsychol 2017; 32:1019-1037. [DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2017.1394493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Ondrej Bezdicek
- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Physics, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
- First Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Siciliano M, De Micco R, Trojano L, De Stefano M, Baiano C, Passaniti C, De Mase A, Russo A, Tedeschi G, Tessitore A. Cognitive impairment is associated with Hoehn and Yahr stages in early, de novo Parkinson disease patients. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2017; 41:86-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Neves MR, Sousa C, Passos AM, Ferreira AI, Sá MJ. Verbal Selective Reminding Test (six-trial administration): Regression-based norms for a portuguese version. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-ADULT 2017; 25:523-531. [PMID: 28665149 DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2017.1336712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The Verbal Selective Reminding Test (VSRT) is a widely used measure to evaluate verbal learning and memory associated with different neurological conditions. The goal of this study was to extend the use of the six-version trial of this test to the Portuguese population, through the production of adjusted normative data. The normative sample consists of 309 healthy participants aged between 20 and 70, with an educational level ranging from 4 to 23 years of formal. Gender, education, and age effects were explored. In addition, the reliability of the test was also analyzed and normative data produced. Gender, age, and education were significantly associated with VSRT performance. The test revealed excellent inter-rater reliability and good test-retest reliability. The normative data is presented as a regression-based formula to adjust test scores for gender, education and age. The correspondence between adjusted scores and percentile distribution was calculated. Since a test with appropriate norms is fundamental to an appropriate assessment of memory functioning, the normative data produced in this study improves the applicability of VRST for both clinical and research proposes in the Portuguese population. Further studies might also explore the adequacy of these norms for other Portuguese-speaking countries.
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- b Serviço de Neurologia, Hospital S. João , Porto , Portugal
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- a BRU-IUL, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) , Lisboa , Portugal
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Butterfield LC, Cimino CR, Salazar R, Sanchez-Ramos J, Bowers D, Okun MS. The Parkinson's Active Living (PAL) Program. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2017; 30:11-25. [PMID: 28248557 DOI: 10.1177/0891988716673467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Apathy, one of the most common neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD), has been associated with reduced daily functioning, cognition, treatment compliance, quality of life, and increased caregiver burden and distress, among other outcomes. OBJECTIVES The purpose of the present study was to develop and gather pilot data on the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of the Parkinson's Active Living (PAL) program, to our knowledge, the first behavioral treatment specifically designed to target apathy in patients with PD. The Parkinson's Active Living is a primarily telephone-based, 6-week activity scheduling and monitoring intervention that incorporates external cueing to target disease-related self-generational deficits to reduce levels of apathy in nondemented, highly apathetic patients with PD. METHODS Participants aged 44 to 86 years (mean = 66, SD [standard deviation] = 10.7) ranging in disease duration from <1 to 23 years with elevated apathy (Apathy Evaluation Scale >35) were enrolled in a 1-arm trial and tested at 3 time points (baseline, posttest, and 1-month follow-up). RESULTS Feasibility aspects (ie, acceptability, demand, implementation, practicality, adaptation, integration, and expansion) and efficacy of PAL program are reported. Matched pairs t tests showed a medium to large effect of treatment on patient apathy (52% showing ≥1 SD improvement), depression (33% showing ≥1 SD improvement), and quality of life at posttest, with improvements in apathy and depression maintained at follow-up. CONCLUSIONS The program may hold promise as an effective nonpharmacological intervention for apathy in PD. Implications and future directions are discussed. Randomized controlled trials are needed.
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- London C Butterfield
- 1 Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.,2 Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, College of Public Health & Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,3 Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- 1 Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.,4 Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- 1 Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.,5 Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- 4 Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.,6 Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- 2 Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, College of Public Health & Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,3 Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,7 Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- 3 Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,7 Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Lucas-Jiménez O, Díez-Cirarda M, Ojeda N, Peña J, Cabrera-Zubizarreta A, Ibarretxe-Bilbao N. Verbal Memory in Parkinson's Disease: A Combined DTI and fMRI Study. JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE 2016; 5:793-804. [PMID: 27070003 PMCID: PMC4927836 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-150623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Background: While significant progress has been made to determine the functional role of specific gray matter areas underlying verbal memory in Parkinson’s disease (PD), very little is known about the relationship between these regions and their underlying white matter structures. Objective: The objectives of this study were (1) to investigate verbal memory, fractional anisotropy and brain activation differences between PD patients and healthy controls (HC), (2) to explore the neuroanatomical and neurofunctional correlates of verbal memory in PD, and (3) to investigate the relationship between these neuroanatomical and neurofunctional verbal memory correlates in PD. Methods: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while performing a verbal memory paradigm and diffusion tensor imaging data (DTI), were acquired in 37 PD patients and 15 age-, sex-, and education-matched HC. Results: PD patients showed verbal recognition memory impairment, lower fractional anisotropy in the anterior cingulate tract, and lower brain activation in the inferior orbitofrontal cortex compared to HC. Brain activation in the inferior orbitofrontal cortex correlated significantly with verbal recognition memory impairment in PD patients. In addition, a relationship between brain activation in the inferior orbitofrontal cortex and fractional anisotropy of the uncinate fasciculus was found in PD. Conclusions: These results reveal that deficits in verbal memory in PD are accompanied by functional brain activation changes, but also have specific structural correlates related to white matter microstructural integrity.
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- Olaia Lucas-Jiménez
- Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
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- Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
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- Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
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- Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
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- Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
- Correspondence to: Dr. Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao, Faculty of Psychology and Education. University of Deusto, Avda Universidades 24, (48007), Bilbao, Spain. Tel.: +34 944 139 000/Ext.: 2892; E-mail:
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Vitale C, Falco F, Trojano L, Erro R, Moccia M, Allocca R, Agosti V, Santangelo F, Barone P, Santangelo G. Neuropsychological correlates of Pisa syndrome in patients with Parkinson's disease. Acta Neurol Scand 2016; 134:101-7. [PMID: 26427765 DOI: 10.1111/ane.12514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND A complex relationship exists between postural control and cognition in the elderly. Namely, neural mechanisms that are required for the regulation of posture have been variably associated with cognitive dysfunctions. Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease among the elderly, and it has been associated with both cognitive and postural abnormalities such as Pisa syndrome (PS). Although its onset has been considered to be multifactorial, the pathophysiological mechanisms underpinning PS are still not fully explained. Until now, no study investigated the possible contribution of cognitive dysfunction to occurrence of PS in PD. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty PD patients with PS and 20 PD patients without PS were enrolled. All patients with PD underwent neuropsychological battery to assess behavioural disturbances, memory, attention, frontal/executive and visuospatial functions. RESULTS The two groups did not differ on demographic features, age at PD onset and disease duration, whereas they significantly differed on UPDRS-Part III, and levodopa-equivalent daily dose (LEDD). MANCOVA with above-mentioned clinical variable as covariates revealed significant differences on tasks tapping verbal long-term memory, and attentional and visuoperceptual abilities between groups. The binary logistic regression revealed that higher LEDD and lower performance on visuospatial task (Benton Judgment of Lines Orientation test) significantly predicted occurrence of PS. CONCLUSION Our results revealed a significant association of PS with altered attention and visuoperceptual functions in PD, suggesting that the occurrence of PS may be associated with alteration of both frontal-striatal systems and posterior cortical areas.
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- Carmine Vitale
- University Parthenope; Naples Italy
- IDC-Hermitage-Capodimonte; Naples Italy
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- Department of Psychology; Second University of Naples; Caserta Italy
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- Department of Psychology; Second University of Naples; Caserta Italy
- Salvatore Maugeri Foundation; Scientific Institute of Telese; Telese Terme BN Italy
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders; Institute of Neurology; University College London (UCL); London UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatologic Sciences; University of Naples Federico II; Naples Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatologic Sciences; University of Naples Federico II; Naples Italy
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- University Parthenope; Naples Italy
- IDC-Hermitage-Capodimonte; Naples Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatologic Sciences; University of Naples Federico II; Naples Italy
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- Neurodegenerative Diseases Center; Department of Medicine and Surgery; University of Salerno; Salerno Italy
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- IDC-Hermitage-Capodimonte; Naples Italy
- Department of Psychology; Second University of Naples; Caserta Italy
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Bezdicek O, Nikolai T, Michalec J, Růžička F, Havránková P, Roth J, Jech R, Růžička E. The Diagnostic Accuracy of Parkinson's Disease Mild Cognitive Impairment Battery Using the Movement Disorder Society Task Force Criteria. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2016; 4:237-244. [PMID: 30363396 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.12391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Revised: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background The aim of the present study was to provide empirical evidence regarding the classification accuracy of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) neuropsychological battery (NB) in the determination of Parkinson's disease mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI). Methods The present cross-sectional study included 106 PD patients subjected to PD-MCI classification at Level I and 120 healthy controls (HCs). All HC and PD subjects were then assessed with MDS-NB at Level II and matched according to age and education using different thresholds (1.5 and 2.0 standard deviations [SDs] below average). Results We found that Level I and II resulted in different classifications of PD-MCI status. Detection thresholds of -1.5 SD and -2.0 SDs at Level II had also a significant impact on the discriminative validity of all measures in the MDS neuropsychological battery, based on area under the curve analyses. Overall, semantic fluency showed the highest potential in all comparisons not only between PD-MCI and HC, but also between PD-MCI and PD with no deficit (PD-ND). Conclusions Our results show that the battery at Level II is applicable and that some measures, such as semantic fluency, have high discriminative validity in the detection of PD-MCI versus PD-ND and HCs.
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- Ondrej Bezdicek
- Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience Prague Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience Prague Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Department of Psychiatry Prague Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience Prague Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience Prague Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience Prague Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience Prague Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience Prague Czech Republic
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Wiesman AI, Heinrichs-Graham E, McDermott TJ, Santamaria PM, Gendelman HE, Wilson TW. Quiet connections: Reduced fronto-temporal connectivity in nondemented Parkinson's Disease during working memory encoding. Hum Brain Mapp 2016; 37:3224-35. [PMID: 27151624 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized primarily by motor symptoms such as bradykinesia, muscle rigidity, and resting tremor. It is now broadly accepted that these motor symptoms frequently co-occur with cognitive impairments, with deficits in working memory and attention being among the most common cognitive sequelae associated with PD. While these cognitive impairments are now recognized, the underlying neural dynamics and precise regions involved remain largely unknown. To this end, we examined the oscillatory dynamics and interregional functional connectivity that serve working memory processing in a group of unmedicated adults with PD and a matched group without PD. Each participant completed a high-load, Sternberg-type working memory task during magnetoencephalography (MEG), and we focused on the encoding and maintenance phases. All data were transformed into the time-frequency domain and significant oscillatory activity was imaged using a beamforming approach. Phase-coherence (connectivity) was also computed among the brain subregions exhibiting the strongest responses. Our most important findings were that unmedicated patients with PD had significantly diminished working memory performance (i.e., accuracy), and reduced functional connectivity between left inferior frontal cortices and left supramarginal-superior temporal cortices compared to participants without PD during the encoding phase of working memory processing. We conclude that patients with PD have reduced neural interactions between left prefrontal executive circuits and temporary verbal storage centers in the left supramarginal/superior temporal cortices during the stimulus encoding phase, which may underlie their diminished working memory function. Hum Brain Mapp 37:3224-3235, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Alex I Wiesman
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.,Center for Magnetoencephalography, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.,Center for Magnetoencephalography, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.,Center for Magnetoencephalography, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.,Center for Magnetoencephalography, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.,Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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Huberdeau DM, Haith AM, Krakauer JW. Formation of a long-term memory for visuomotor adaptation following only a few trials of practice. J Neurophysiol 2015; 114:969-77. [PMID: 26063781 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00369.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 06/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The term savings refers to faster motor adaptation upon reexposure to a previously experienced perturbation, a phenomenon thought to reflect the existence of a long-term motor memory. It is commonly assumed that sustained practice during the first perturbation exposure is necessary to create this memory. Here we sought to test this assumption by determining the minimum amount of experience necessary during initial adaptation to a visuomotor rotation to bring about savings the following day. Four groups of human subjects experienced 2, 5, 10, or 40 trials of a counterclockwise 30° cursor rotation during reaching movements on one day and were retested the following day to assay for savings. Groups that experienced five trials or more of adaptation on day 1 showed clear savings on day 2. Subjects in all groups learned significantly more from the first rotation trial on day 2 than on day 1, but this learning rate advantage was maintained only in groups that had reached asymptote during the initial exposure. Additional experiments revealed that savings occurred when the magnitude, but not the direction, of the rotation differed across exposures, and when a 5-min break, rather than an overnight one, separated the first and second exposure. The overall pattern of savings we observe across conditions can be explained as rapid retrieval of the state of learning attained during the first exposure rather than as modulation of sensitivity to error. We conclude that a long-term memory for compensating for a perturbation can be rapidly acquired and rapidly retrieved.
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- David M Huberdeau
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland;
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; and
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; and Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Ricciardi L, De Nigris F, Specchia A, Fasano A. Homotaurine in Parkinson's disease. Neurol Sci 2015; 36:1581-7. [PMID: 25894843 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-015-2201-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Homotaurine is a natural compound of red algae, which has been demonstrated to have a neuroprotective effect and has been evaluated as a possible therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease. This was a single blind, randomized, controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of homotaurine in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and cognitive impairment. Patients were evaluated at baseline and 6 months later. Assessments included, the evaluation of: motor and non-motor conditions and complications (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, UPDRS); disability and quality of life; depression; excessive daytime sleepiness and fatigue. An extensive neuropsychological tests battery was administered evaluating specific cognitive domains: memory, phonemic verbal fluency, executive functions and selective visual attention. After baseline testing, patients were allocated to one of the two groups: (A) treatment group: patients treated with homotaurine 100 mg; (B) control group: patients not treated with homotaurine. Forty-seven patients were evaluated at baseline, 24 (51 %) completed the study (PD-homotaurine: n = 11; 44 % and PD-controls: n = 13; 59 %); discontinuation rate was similar across subjects (p = 1.0). Intention to treat analyses to evaluate homotaurine safety showed mild side effects (gastrointestinal upsetting) in 3 patients. Per protocol analyses of homotaurine efficacy showed no difference between groups. Within group analyses showed that PD-homotaurine patients had better score at UPDRS-I at the end of the study compared to baseline (p = 0.017) and at Epworth Sleepiness Scale (p = 0.01). No other differences were found. No significant difference arose for the PD-ctrl group. Homotaurine is a safe drug. Our data suggest a beneficial effect of homotaurine on excessive sleepiness. Future studies are encouraged to confirm this promising role of homotaurine in promoting the sleep/awake cycle in patients with PD.
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- Lucia Ricciardi
- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK,
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