Dopamine replacement influences on postural motor learning in Parkinson disease
Objective: To determine if i) dopamine replacement affects general and sequence specific learning of a postural task in people with Parkinson disease (PD), and ii)…Patient-reported hallucinations and the probability of progression to dementia in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To evaluate the influence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in identifying Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients who will progress to dementia (PDD) in the imminent future (~4…The Impact of Cognitive Changes on Everyday Life for People with Parkinson’s: The Patient’s Perspective
Objective: To understand the patient’s perspective about cognitive changes in Parkinson’s disease and about the impact of cognitive dysfunction on daily life. Background: Cognitive dysfunction is…Self-awareness of cognitive functions in Parkinson’s disease patients with and without mild cognitive impairment.
Objective: To examine whether Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with or without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) show impaired self-awareness (ISA) of their cognitive abilities. Background: PD…Risk Factors for Dementia in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To investigate putative risk factors for the development of dementia in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Background: Dementia in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a…Ghrelin and the IGF-1 axis in cognitive impairment in PD
Objective: To explore the association of acyl-ghrelin (AG) levels with cognitive impairment (CI) in PD Background: Unintended weight loss (UWL) in PD is associated with…Cognitive strategy use during daily activities in people with Parkinson’s Disease
Objective: To identify difficulties in cognitive strategy use observed in people with Parkinsons’s disease (PD) during performance of everyday activities. Background: People use cognitive strategies…Validation of Computerised Measures of Executive Functioning for use in Parkinson’s Disease Assessments.
Objective: i. To validate the use of a computerised finger tapping task as a screening measure for Executive Dysfunction (EF) in Parkinson’s Disease (PD), against…The Cats & Dogs Test: a web-based platform to detect early visual processing deficits in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To develop a sensitive web-based test to detect visuo-perceptual deficits in patients with Parkinson’s disease as an early marker of dementia. Background: Up to…Predictor of progressive mild cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Objective: To clarify clinical features of patients with progressive mild cognitive impairment patients (MCI) in Parkinson’s disease (PD-MCI). Background: Non-demented PD subjects have MCI and…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.