Search for dissertations about: "Idiopathic parkinsons disease"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words Idiopathic parkinsons disease.

2. 1. Idiopathic parkinsonism : epidemiology and clinical characteristics of a population-based incidence cohort

   Author : Jan Linder; Lars Forsgren; Ole-Bjørn Tysnes; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parkinsonism; Parkinson s disease; Multiple system atrophy; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Incidence; Magnetic resonance tomography; Electromyography; Oculomotor;

   Abstract : Background: Idiopathic parkinsonism is a neurodegenerative syndrome of unknown cause and includes Parkinson’s disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonian disorders. The atypical parkinsonian disorders are: Multiple system atrophy (MSA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal degeneration (CBD). READ MORE

4. 2. Functional brain imaging of cognitive status in Parkinson's disease

   Author : Urban Ekman; Johan Eriksson; Lars Nyberg; Lars Forsgren; Oury Monchi; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parkinson’s disease; functional MRI; Mild cognitive impairment; Working memory; Parkinson’s disease dementia; BOLD;

   Abstract : Parkinson’s disease (PD) is next to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) the second most common neurodegenerative disease. PD has traditionally been characterised as a motor disorder, but more recent research has revealed that cognitive impairments are frequent. READ MORE

5. 3. Studies on the Etiology of Parkinson's disease

   Author : Camilla Fardell; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parkinson s disease;

   Abstract : ABSTRACT Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the world and affects around 1% of the population over 60 years of age. The main symptoms of PD include bradykinesia, resting tremor and rigidity, caused to a large extent by degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra. READ MORE

6. 4. Cognitive and motor dysfunction in the early phase of Parkinson's disease

   Author : Magdalena Eriksson Domellöf; Lars Forsgren; Eva Elgh; Per Svenningsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parkinson s disease; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Dementia; population based; prospective; newly diagnosed; Neurology; neurologi;

   Abstract : Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease. The diagnosis is based on a combination of the motor signs: tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity and postural abnormalities. Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is common early in the disease and a large proportion of patients with PD develop dementia (PDD). READ MORE

7. 5. Aspects of Parkinson's disease. Epidemiology, risk factors and ECT in advanced disease

   Author : Per-Arne Fall; Ann-Kathrine Granérus; Jan Petter Larsen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Parkinson s disease; PD; treatment; epidemiology; electroconvulsive therapy; ECT; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The purpose was to investigate some aspects of epidemiology, risk factors and treatment with ECT in advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD).In study I, we performed a descriptive epidemiologic population-based survey in the Central Health Care District in Östergötland in south-east Sweden, with a population of almost 150,000 inhabitants 1989. READ MORE