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1Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg University, Mölndal, Sweden. anders.wallin@neuro.gu.se
Objectives:
The aim of the study was to visualize cortical function in Parkinson's patients with various degrees of cognitive impairment.
Materials And Methods:
Thirty-seven patients with Parkinson's disease and three with Parkinson plus syndromes underwent cognitive assessment and rCBF using (99m)TC-HMPAO-SPECT.
Results:
Almost no regional reductions in cerebral blood flow were seen in patients without cognitive impairment (n = 16). Limited, mainly posterior, blood flow reductions were seen in patients with mild cognitive impairment (n = 14), whereas the reductions were extensive and bilaterally symmetric, involving both anterior and posterior brain regions in patients with dementia (n = 10).
Conclusions:
The findings suggest a widespread cortical, mainly posterior type of dysfunction and a relationship between the degree of cognitive impairment and the magnitude of the dysfunction.
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