Cognitive performance in people with Parkinson's disease and mild or moderate depression: effects of dopamine agonists in an add-on to L-dopa therapy.

• Authors: REKTOROVÁ Irena; REKTOR Ivan; BAREŠ Martin; DOSTÁL V.; EHLER Edvard; FANFRDLOVÁ Zuzana; FIEDLER J.; KLAJBLOVÁ Hana; KULIŠŤÁK P.; RESSNER P.; SVÁTOVÁ J.; URBÁNEK Karel; VELÍSKOVÁ J.
• Year of publication: 2005
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: European Journal of Neurology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
• Keywords: cognitive; depression; dopamine receptor a agonists; Parkinson's disease
• Description: Cognitive performance was studied in people with advanced Parkinson's disease and mild or moderate depression before and after 8 months of treatment with dopamine agonists (pramipexole and pergolige) in an add-on to L-dopa therapy. Both drugs were safe with regard to cognitive functioning in the studied group of patients.

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