Presence of freezing and naming abilities in Parkinson’s disease

We found that mildly cognitive impaired patients with PD and freezing are less impaired than comparable patients with PD and no freezing in action naming rather than in object naming. This effect may be attributable to the compensatory activation of Broca’s area. More, the presence of freezing can i...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Albani, Riccardo Pignatti, Alessandro Mauro, Carlo Semenza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LED Edizioni Universitarie 2010-04-01
Series:Neuropsychological Trends
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Online Access:http://www.ledonline.it/NeuropsychologicalTrends/allegati/NeuropsychologicalTrends_7_Albania.pdf