Levodopa versus non-levodopa brain language fMRI in Parkinson's disease

Levodopa versus non-levodopa brain language fMRI in Parkinson's disease

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OBJECTIVE: To identify the effect of levodopa in language areas in Parkinson's disease patients. METHODS: We evaluated 50 patients with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease, age and gender paired to 47 healthy volunteers. We selected two homogeneous groups of 18 patients taking levodopa an...

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Main Authors: Paula Ricci Arantes, Heloise Helena Gobato, Bárbara Bordegatto Davoglio, Maria Ângela Maramaldo Barreiros, André Carvalho Felício, Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini, Luiz Augusto Franco de Andrade, Edson Amaro Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
Subjects:
parkinson disease
language
levodopa
functional magnetic resonance imaging
verbal fluency
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