Emotion processing in Parkinson's disease: a blood oxygenation level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

ABSTRACT: Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia are the major symptoms of the disease. These motor impairments are often accompanied by affective and emotional dysfunctions which have been largely studied over the last decade. The aim of this study was to investigate emotional processing organization in the brain of patients with Parkinson's disease and to explore whether there are differences between recognition of different types of emotions in Parkinson's disease. We examined 18 patients with Parkinson's disease (8 men, 10 women) with no history of neurological or psychiatric comorbidities. All these patients underwent identical brain blood oxygenation level-dependent functio

SUBMITTER: Benzagmout M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352597 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature