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Limb apraxias: Higher-order disorders of sensorimotor integration by LEIGUARDA, R. C, MARSDEN, C. D

“…Limb apraxia comprises a wide spectrum of higher-order motor disorders that result from acquired brain disease affecting the performance of skilled, learned…”
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Decision-making in Parkinson's disease patients with and without pathological gambling by Rossi, M., Gerschcovich, E. R., De Achaval, D., Perez-Lloret, S., Cerquetti, D., Cammarota, A., Inés Nouzeilles, M., Fahrer, R., Merello, M., Leiguarda, R.

“…Background and purpose:  Pathological gambling (PG) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a frequent impulse control disorder associated mainly with dopamine…”
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Enhancing a declarative memory in humans: The effect of clonazepam on reconsolidation by Rodríguez, M.L.C., Campos, J., Forcato, C., Leiguarda, R., Maldonado, H., Molina, V.A., Pedreira, M.E.

“…A consolidated memory recalled by a specific reminder can become unstable (labile) and susceptible to facilitation or impairment for a discrete period of time…”
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Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination validation in Parkinson's disease by Reyes, M. A., Lloret, S. P., Gerscovich, E. R., Martin, M. E., Leiguarda, R., Merello, M.

“…Background:  There is a clear need for brief, sensitive and specific cognitive screening instruments in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Objectives:  To study…”
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Emotion processing in the minimally conscious state by Bekinschtein, T, Niklison, J, Sigman, L, Manes, F, Leiguarda, R, Armony, J, Owen, A, Carpintiero, S, Olmos, L

“…Cortical processing has been described in PVS using auditory and visual functional paradigms with positron emission tomography. 2, 3 However, to date hardly…”
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Prospective randomized 1-year follow-up comparison of bilateral subthalamotomy versus bilateral subthalamic stimulation and the combination of both in Parkinson's disease patients: a pilot study by Merello, M., Tenca, E., Lloret, S. Pérez, Martín, M. E., Bruno, V., Cavanagh, S., Antico, J., Cerquetti, D., Leiguarda, R.

“…It has been suggested that potential risk of hemiballismus after subthalamotomy makes DBS preferable to ablation for IPD treatment; however, cost and the need…”
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Cefepime- and cefixime-induced encephalopathy in a patient with normal renal function by CAPPARELLI, F. J, DIAZ, M. F, HLAVNIKA, A, WAINSZTEIN, N. A, LEIGUARDA, R, DEL CASTILLO, M. E

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Apraxia in Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy and neuroleptic-induced parkinsonism by LEIGUARDA, R. C, PRAMSTALLER, P. P, MERELLO, M, STARKSTEIN, S, LEES, A. J, MARSDEN, C. D

“…We studied 45 non-demented patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), 12 with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), 10 with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and 12…”
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Relevance of the serial position effect in the differential diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer-type dementia, and normal ageing by Martín, M E, Sasson, Y, Crivelli, L, Roldán Gerschovich, E, Campos, J A, Calcagno, M L, Leiguarda, R, Sabe, L, Allegri, R F

“…Serial position effects are observed when a person memorises a series of words exceeding his or her attention span. Cognitively normal individuals recall words…”
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Bilateral pallidotomy for treatment of Parkinson's disease induced corticobulbar syndrome and psychic akinesia avoidable by globus pallidus lesion combined with contralateral stimulation by Merello, M, Starkstein, S, Nouzeilles, M I, Kuzis, G, Leiguarda, R

“…OBJECTIVE Posteroventral pallidotomy (PVP) has proved to be an effective method for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. However, data on bilateral procedures…”
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Kinematic evaluation of gestural and repetitive single joint movements of the arm after posteroventral pallidotomy, subthalamotomy or both procedures combined in two Parkinson's disease patients: two case studies by Merello, M., Balej, J., Tenca, E., Leiguarda, R.

“…Two patients with severe Parkinson’s disease undergoing partial or complete ablative interruption of basal ganglia (BG) output are presented. One patient who…”
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Effect of memantine (NMDA antagonist) on Parkinson's disease: a double-blind crossover randomized study by Merello, M, Nouzeilles, M I, Cammarota, A, Leiguarda, R

“…Our aim was to evaluate the effect of Memantine (1-amino 3,5-dimethyl-adamantane hydrochloride) on cardinal symptoms of Parkinson's disease and on the latency,…”
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Neuropsychological and neuroradiologic correlates of emotional prosody comprehension by STARKSTEIN, S. E, FEDEROFF, J. P, PRICE, T. R, LEIGUARDA, R. C, ROBINSON, R. G

“…We examined a series of 59 patients with acute stroke lesions for the presence of comprehension emotional aprosody. Based on a standardized assessment of…”
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Reliability, validity, and clinical correlates of apathy in Parkinson's disease by Starkstein, S E, Mayberg, H S, Preziosi, T J, Andrezejewski, P, Leiguarda, R, Robinson, R G

“…The authors examined a consecutive series of 50 patients for the presence of apathy, depression, anxiety, and neuropsychological deficits using a…”
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PO23-TH-19 Subgenual cingulated DBS stimulation and decision making by Roldan Gerschcovich, E, Guinjoan, S, Cerquetti, D, Achaval, D, Costanzo, E, Leiguarda, R

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Two domains of anosognosia in Alzheimer's disease by Starkstein, S E, Sabe, L, Chemerinski, E, Jason, L, Leiguarda, R

“…OBJECTIVE: To examine the presence of different dimensions of unawareness in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease. METHODS: A consecutive series of 170…”
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Mismatch between electrophysiologically defined and ventriculography based theoretical targets for posteroventral pallidotomy in Parkinson's disease by Merello, M, Cammarota, A, Cerquetti, D, Leiguarda, R C

“…OBJECTIVES Over the past few years many reports have shown that posteroventral pallidotomy is an effective method for treating advanced cases of Parkinson's…”
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Apathy following cerebrovascular lesions by STARKSTEIN, S. E, FEDOROFF, J. P, PRICE, T. R, LEIGUARDA, R, ROBINSON, R. G

“…Although apathy has been reported to constitute a frequent sequela of stroke lesions, there have been no prospective studies on the frequency and correlates of…”
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Neuropsychiatric and neuropsychological correlates of delusions in Alzheimer's disease by Migliorelli, R, Petracca, G, Tesón, A, Sabe, L, Leiguarda, R, Starkstein, S E

“…We examined the prevalence, phenomenology, and clinical correlates of delusions in a consecutive series of 103 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD)…”
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Involuntary movements and abnormal spontaneous EMG activity in syringomyelia and syringobulbia by NOGUES, M. A, LEIGUARDA, R. C, RIVERO, A. D, SALVAT, F, MANES, F

“…To describe different types of involuntary movements and abnormal spontaneous electromyographic (EMG) activity in patients with syringomyelia. A comprehensive…”
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