Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Parkinson's Disease [Hardcover]

Experts on the treatment of dementia associated with Parkinson's disease describe the current status of knowledge in their respective area of expertise. The importance and clinical relevance of cognitive impairment and dementia in Parkinson's disease is emphasized,followed by discussion of future research directions and expectations.In this edited volume, experts on the treatment of dementia associated with Parkinson's Disease (PD) describes in detail the current status of knowledge in their respective area of expertise. The importance and clinical relevance of cognitive impairment and dementia in PD is emphasized, all relevant aspects including epidemiology, full and detailed spectrum of clinical features, current knowledge on pathology, neurochemistry and genetics, findings in auxillary investigations, relation to other neurodegenerative disorders, diagnostic process and management are described, rounded-up by discussion of future research directions and expectations. The text is complemented and enriched with tables, figures and is heavily referenced thereby capturing all relevant literature.1. Introduction,Murat Emre2. Epidemiology of dementia associated with Parkinson's disease,Dag Aarsland and Alexandra Bernadotte3. General features, mode of onset and course of dementia in Parkinson's disease,Murat Emre4. Cognitive profile in Parkinson's disease dementia,Kolbjorn Bronnick5. Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease dementia,Eugenia Mamikonyan and Daniel Weintraub6. Interaction between affect and executive functions in Parkinson's disease,Paolo Barone and Gabriella Santangelo7. Motor symptoms and phenotype in patients with Parkinson's disease dementia,David J. Burn and Alison J. Yarnall8. Interaction between cognition and gait in patients with Parkinson's disease,J. M. Hausdorff, J. Zitser, A. Mirelman and N. Giladi9. Disorders of sleep and autonomic function in Parkinson's disease dló$