Working memory in Parkinson's disease patients: clinical features and response to levodopa Memória de trabalho em pacientes com doença de Parkinson: características clínicas e resposta a levodopa

Working memory in Parkinson's disease patients: clinical features and response to levodopa Memória de trabalho em pacientes com doença de Parkinson: características clínicas e resposta a levodopa

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical features of the working memory (WM) in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and to test the effect of levodopa on WM. METHOD: The paradigm was based on the 'n-back' tasks, which enables to study the level of executive demand (three levels of difficulty...

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Main Authors: Rogério Beato, Richard Levy, Bernard Pillon, Christine Vidal, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Bernard Deweer, Anne-Marie Bonnet, Jean-Luc Houeto, Bruno Dubois, Francisco Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2008-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
doença de Parkinson
striatum
funções executivas
memória de trabalho
levodopa
Parkinson's disease
executive functions
working memory
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