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[P3–289]: COGNITIVE DOMAIN CORRELATES WITH STRIATAL ACCUMULATION OF DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER SCINTIGRAPHY IN DRUG NAÏVE PARKINSON's DISEASE
Author(s) -
Murakami Hidetomo,
Kon Rina,
Owan Yoshiyuki,
Ono Kenjiro
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.1503
Subject(s) - cognition , psychology , dopamine transporter , parkinson's disease , dopaminergic , striatum , neuroscience , basal ganglia , dopamine , audiology , medicine , disease , central nervous system
Background: In subjects with mild Alzheimer’s dementia, we performed interviews on the first symptoms and signs of the disease they had noticed. Based on the patients’ statements we developed a questionnaire and a brief checklist for cognitive blackouts (CCB). This checklist is made up of five items describing frequent self-observations of persons with beginning Alzheimer’s dementia. For each of these items 0 to 3 points were issued, depending on the frequency of the respective
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