Apathy is increasingly recognised as a common behavioural syndrome in psychiatric
disorders, but it is conceptually ill defined. The aim of this study was to examine the concept …

Objective: We will review the available evidence on the frequency, clinical correlates,
mechanism, and treatment of apathy following stroke. Methods: We have explored relevant …

In the current study we investigated the role of dopamine in attentional and socio-emotional
functioning by examining effects of withdrawing dopaminergic medication in patients with …

Cruise KE, Bucks RS, Loftus AM, Newton RU, Pegoraro R, Thomas MG. Exercise and
Parkinson's: benefits for cognition and quality of life. Acta Neurol Scand: 2011: 123: 13–19.© …

BACKGROUND: Depression is common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and contributes
significantly to a reduced quality of life in PD patients. The determinants of depression in PD …

Much of human life, and for that matter, the lives of other species, centers on the giving and
receiving of benefits. When a person receives a gift or benefit, a typical emotional response …

Depression is a frequent non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD), and may even
precede the onset of motor symptoms of parkinsonism. Beyond its negative influence on …

A limited number of studies in Parkinson's Disease (PD) suggest a disturbance of
recognition of facial emotion expressions. In particular, disgust recognition impairment has …

Extending the 2002 stress-appraisal model of Chappell and Reid, we examined the
relationships between caregiver stressors (eg, cognitive impairment and functional …

Parkinson's disease (PD) has been considered a paradigm of degenerative diseases of the
nervous system characterized by motor impairment (parkinsonism) due to malfunction and …