Long-term effects of cognitive rehabilitation on brain, functional outcome and cognition in Parkinson's disease.

Maria Diez-CirardaN OjedaJ PeñaA Cabrera-ZubizarretaO Lucas-JiménezJ C Gómez-EstebanM Á Gómez-BeldarrainN Ibarretxe-Bilbao

Published in: European journal of neurology (2017)

Findings suggest that the improved cognitive performance and increased brain FC and activation after cognitive rehabilitation were significantly maintained after 18 months in patients with PD, despite the structural brain changes, consistent with a progression of neurodegenerative processes.

Keyphrases

white matter
resting state
functional connectivity
cerebral ischemia
brain injury