Apathy and Reduced Speed of Processing Underlie Decline in Verbal Fluency following DBS

Objective. Reduced verbal fluency is a strikingly uniform finding following deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease (PD). The precise cognitive mechanism underlying this reduction remains unclear, but theories have suggested reduced motivation, linguistic skill, and/or executive functio...

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Principais autores: Jennifer A. Foley, Tom Foltynie, Ludvic Zrinzo, Jonathan A. Hyam, Patricia Limousin, Lisa Cipolotti
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
coleção:Behavioural Neurology
Acesso em linha:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7348101