NCT03476668

Relationship Between Dopaminergic Asymmetric Degeneration and Attentional Resources in Parkinson's Disease.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The researchers aimed to investigate the relationship between the asymmetric dopaminergic degeneration and the attentional resources in a group of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Detailed description

To bypass the impaired habitual motor-behavioural control, Parkinson's disease (PD) patients may exploit the network of goal-directed mode of action. The frontostriatal connections underline this functioning, that is based on attention. Since the cognitive processes are related with dopamine, the asymmetrical degeneration of the dopaminergic system affects differently the right side affected (RPD) and the left side affected (LPD) PD patients. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the asymmetric dopaminergic degeneration and the attentional resources in a group of patients with PD.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease
• Attention Disturbances

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	MIRT	4-week multidisciplinary intensive rehabilitation treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-08-01
• Completion: 2017-08-01
• First posted: 2018-03-26
• Last updated: 2018-05-30