Imaging cognitive and behavioral symptoms in Parkinson's disease

Expert Rev Neurother. 2010 Dec;10(12):1827-38. doi: 10.1586/ern.10.173.

Abstract

Non-motor symptoms are a major and often unrecognized cause of morbidity of Parkinson's disease. In the past few years, imaging technology, such as functional MRI and PET, have provided a large bulk of information about the phenomena. Here, we provide an overview of those imaging studies that may help us understand the neuronal correlates associated with non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease, with a particular focus on cognitive and neuropsychiatric deficits.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Behavioral Symptoms
  • Dementia / diagnosis*
  • Dementia / metabolism
  • Diagnostic Imaging*
  • Disease Progression
  • Executive Function*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Parkinson Disease / diagnosis*
  • Parkinson Disease / physiopathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography