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| Title |
A pilot study on the effect of cognitive training on BDNF serum levels in individuals with Parkinson’s disease
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, March 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00130 |
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| Authors |
Francesco Angelucci, Antonella Peppe, Giovanni A Carlesimo, Francesca Serafini, Silvia Zabberoni, Francesco Barban, Jacob Shofany, Carlo Caltagirone, Alberto Costa |
| Abstract |
Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, besides motor dysfunctions, may also display mild cognitive deficits (MCI) which increase with disease progression. The neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a role in the survival of dopaminergic neurons and in the regulation of synaptic connectivity. Moreover, the brain and peripheral level of this protein may be significantly reduced in PD patients. These data suggest that a cognitive rehabilitation protocol aimed at restoring cognitive deficits in PD patients may also involve changes in this neurotrophin. Thus, in this pilot study we evaluated the effect of a cognitive rehabilitation protocol focused on the training of executive functioning and measured BDNF serum levels in a group of PD patients with mild cognitive impairment, as compared to the effect of a placebo treatment (n = 7/8 group). The results showed that PD patients undergoing the cognitive rehabilitation, besides improving their cognitive performance as measured with the Zoo Map Test, also displayed increased serum BDNF levels as compared to the placebo group. These findings suggest that BDNF serum levels may represent a biomarker of the effects of cognitive rehabilitation in PD patients affected by MCI. However, the functional significance of this increase in PD as well as other neuropathological conditions remains to be determined. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 164 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 17% |
| Researcher | 24 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 22 | 13% |
| Unknown | 40 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 30 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 15% |
| Neuroscience | 25 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 22 | 13% |
| Unknown | 51 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 June 2015.
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