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Rivastigmine as a Symptomatic Treatment for Apathy in Parkinson’s Dementia Complex: New Aspects for This Riddle
Joint Authors
Moretti, Rita
Caruso, Paola
Dal Ben, Matteo
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-03-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Over 90% of PDD patients show at least one neuropsychiatric symptom (NPS); in the 60–70% two or more NPS are present.
Their incidence is important in terms of prognosis and severity of pathology.
However, among all NPS, apathy is often the most disturbing, associated with greater caregiver’s burden.
Similar to other NPS, apathy may be due to a dysfunction of the nigrostriatal pathway, even though, not all the PD patients become apathetic, indicating that apathy should not entirely be considered a dopamine-dependent syndrome, and in fact it might also be related to acetylcholine defects.
Apathy has been treated in many ways, without sure benefits; among these, Rivastigmine may present benefic properties.
We present a series of 48 patients, suffering from PDD, treated with Rivastigmine, and followed-up for one year; they have been devotedly studied for apathy, even though all the other NPS disorders have been registered.
Rivastigmine did not have a prolonged benefic effect on apathy, in our work, on the contrary of what had been observed in the literature, probably due to the longer follow-up of our patients.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Moretti, Rita& Caruso, Paola& Dal Ben, Matteo. 2017. Rivastigmine as a Symptomatic Treatment for Apathy in Parkinson’s Dementia Complex: New Aspects for This Riddle. Parkinson’s Disease،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1197104
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Moretti, Rita…[et al.]. Rivastigmine as a Symptomatic Treatment for Apathy in Parkinson’s Dementia Complex: New Aspects for This Riddle. Parkinson’s Disease No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1197104
American Medical Association (AMA)
Moretti, Rita& Caruso, Paola& Dal Ben, Matteo. Rivastigmine as a Symptomatic Treatment for Apathy in Parkinson’s Dementia Complex: New Aspects for This Riddle. Parkinson’s Disease. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1197104
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1197104