Progress and Prospects in Parkinson's Research/Symptoms/Dementia

Abnormal progressive decline in cognitive function

See also Cognitive Impairment

The following references are relevant.

Leverenz et al, (2009) Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Patients with Parkinson Disease ^[1]

Johnson and Galvin (2011) Longitudinal Changes in Cognition in Parkinson's Disease with and without Dementia ^[2]

Weintraub et al (2011) Neurodegeneration Across Stages of Cognitive Decline in Parkinson Disease ^[3]

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References

↑ Leverenz, James B.; Quinn, Joseph F.; Zabetian, Cyrus;Zhang, Jing; Montine, Kathleen S. and Montine, Thomas J. (date) Full TextCurr. Top Med. Chem. 9 (10) 903 – 912. Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Patients with Parkinson Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804995/
↑ Johnson, David K.; and Galvin, James E. (2011) Full Text Dement. Geriatr. Cogn. Disord. 31 (2) 98 – 108. Longitudinal Changes in Cognition in Parkinson's Disease with and without Dementia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047760/
↑ Weintraub, Daniel; Doshi, Jimit; Koka, Deepthi’ Davatzikos, Christos; Siderowf, Andrew D.; Duda, John E.; Wolk, David A.; Moberg, Paul J.; Xie, Sharon X. and Clark, Christopher M. (2011) Full TextArch Neurol. 68 (12) 1562 – 1568. Neurodegeneration Across Stages of Cognitive Decline in Parkinson Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290902/