[Neuropsychological evaluation in patients with Parkinson's disease].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the neuro-psychological performance of patients with Parkinson's, disease (PD), in comparison with a group of patients with frontal lobe lesions (FLL) and a control group.


METHODS
Eighteen patients with PD, 10 patients with FLL and 10 controlls of similar age and scolarity were studied. Neuro-psychological evaluation included tests of the visuospatial, execution, attention and concentration, memory and language areas. The tests were classified in two categories: those requiring motor responses and those that do not.


RESULTS
Patients with PD and FLL had lower scores them the controls in the visuospatial, attention and concentration and language areas, with statistical significance in some cases. The differences with the controls persisted in some tests requiring and not requiring motor response.


CONCLUSIONS
Frontal lobes have an important role in the neuro-psychological profile of patients with PD. Cognitive deficits in these patients is unrelated to the motor impairment of the disease.
Rodríguez-Agudelo
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Y
Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez, México D. F.
Corona-Vázquez
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T
Velázquez-Cardoso
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J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*
Evaluación neuropsicológica de pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson.