html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 Management of cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease Dawn M. Schiehser, Eva Pirogovsky-Turk and Irene Litvan Background on cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease Cognitive impairment…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 10 Management of autonomic dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease Shen-Yang Lim and Ai Huey Tan Introduction Autonomic dysfunction can occur many years before a diagnosis of…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 9 Experimental pharmacological agents in the management of Parkinson’s disease Krishe Menezes, Lawrence W. Elmer and Robert A. Hauser Introduction On the contrary, there appears…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 8 Catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitors in the management of Parkinson’s disease Ilana Schlesinger and Amos D. Korczyn The introduction of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) to the treatment of Parkinson’s…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 5 Oral dopamine agonists in the management of Parkinson’s disease Javier Pagonabarraga, Juan Marín-Lahoz and Jaime Kulisevsky Introduction and history In 1960 and 1967, Hornykiewicz…
Figure 2.1 Prescription of anticholinergic treatment used by Professor Charcot, dated 1887 from the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Library. The cholinergic system and Parkinson’s disease Some authors have postulated…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 4 Monoamine oxidase inhibitors in the management of Parkinson’s disease Sven-Eric Pålhagen Introduction Monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) inhibitors have again become relevant as a good…
Figure 19.1 Qualitative and quantitative effects of white screen and checkerboard stimulation on intracranial flow patterns of the PCA (P2-segment). General experimental procedure. Envelope curve of the Doppler frequency spectra…
Figure 17.1 Schematic representation of static autoregulation (Lassen’s) curve. Cerebral blood flow is maintained constant between 50 and 150 mmHg of mean ABP. These are known to be the lower…
Figure 25.1 Schematic drawing of the bulbus. (From Tillmann B, Atlas der Anatomie. Berlin: Springer Verlag; 2004, 88.) Papilla The papilla (discus nervi optici) is the origin of the ON…
