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ArticleMovement disorders clinical practice2020

White Matter Hyperintensities Related to Parkinson's Disease Executive Function.

Patricia Linortner, Colin McDaniel, Marian Shahid, Taylor F Levine, Lu Tian, Brenna Cholerton, Kathleen L Poston

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Article in Movement disorders clinical practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Patricia LinortnerDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences Stanford University Palo Alto California USA.
Colin McDanielDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences Stanford University Palo Alto California USA.
Marian ShahidDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences Stanford University Palo Alto California USA.
Taylor F LevineDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences Stanford University Palo Alto California USA.
Lu TianDepartment of Biomedical Data Science Stanford University Palo Alto California USA.
Brenna CholertonDepartment of Pathology Stanford University Palo Alto California USA.
Kathleen L PostonDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences Stanford University Palo Alto California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3424-7143
Palo Alto University · USStanford University · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Stanford Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterAdmin Supp: Developing iPSC models for AD and PDP30AG066515 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Jennifer Kaci Fairchild · 2020 to 2026
$29.0M
Udall Center Director's meeting poster awardP50NS062684 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MONTINE, THOMAS J · 2009 to 2020
$18.3M
Working Memory in Parkinson Disease: A Cognitive & Systems Neuroscience ApproachP50AG047366 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HENDERSON, VICTOR · 2015 to 2019
$7.9M
The impact of early Tau pathology on cognitive progression and neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's diseaseR01NS115114 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ANDREASSON, KATRIN I., POSTON, KATHLEEN LOMBARD · 2019 to 2023
$4.2M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066515NIA NIH HHS P50 AG047366NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS062684NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS115114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeople with Parkinson's disease (PD) can develop multidomain cognitive impairments; however, it is unclear whether different pathologies underlie domain-specific cognitive dysfunction.

objectivesWe investigated the contribution of vascular copathology severity and location, as measured by MRI white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), to domain-specific cognitive impairment in PD.

methodsWe studied 85 PD (66.6 ± 9.2 years) and 18 control (65.9 ± 6.6) participants. Using the Fazekas scale for rating the severity of WMH, we subdivided PD into 14 PD

resultsThe PD

conclusionsWe found that WMH severity was associated with PD executive dysfunction, including worse attention, working memory, and processing speed. Disruption of key white matter tracts in proximity to vascular lesions could contribute to these specific cognitive impairments. Early treatment of vascular disease might mitigate some executive dysfunction in a subset of patients with PD.

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cognitive impairmentexecutive functionlesion probability mappingParkinson's diseasewhite matter hyperintensities

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PMID32775508
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