cognitive deficits such as impairments in attention, memory, information processing and executive functioning can be found in some parkinson's disease (pd) patients. recent studies suggested that pd drivers generally performed poorer than their healthy age-matched controls with regards to their cognitive and motor abilities during the psychometric testing. according to michon’s model of ca...

objective: to investigate the correlation between lower and higher order sensory functions and manual dexterity as well as to identify the sensory measures that could predict manual dexterity in patients with idiopathic parkinson’s disease (pd). materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 55 patients with idiopathic pd by mean age of 59.85 ± 11.89 years, and mean hoehn and yahr stage ...

after alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease is the most common nerve-damaging disease. parkinson's is a progressive and chronic disease where cells secrete dopamine-cut black flesh and in the absence of dopamine in the brain destroyed the irregular body movements. man eats the food that causes the formation of the neurotransmitters. tthree neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotoni...

introduction: parkinson’s disease is one of the most disabling diseases which by electrode implantation and stimulation of subthalamic nucleus (stn), much progress has been made in the treatment of drug resistant patient. this new method of neurosurgery may have some neuropsychological side effects on the patients. the main aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of this kind of treatment ...

parkinson`s disease (pd) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after alzheimer`s disease. it is a chronic and progressive disease, and mostly afflicts elderlies. pd starts with sudden onsets and the exact cause of the disease is still unknown, however there are some early symptoms that can help us to diagnose the disease and ameliorate its effects. pd is a multi-factorial disease...