Introduction to the Special Issue on Clinical Neuropsychology of Movement Disorders

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The special issue on the clinical neuropsychology of movement disorders provides an overview for the non-subspecialist clinical neuropsychologist and other clinical neuroscientists of the neuropsychological features, assessment and treatment of Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementias, atypical Parkinsonian disorders (corticobasal syndrome, progressive supranuclear palsy, and multiple system atrophy), Huntington's disease, dystonia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Additionally, articles provide overviews of neuropsychological and ethical issues related to deep brain stimulation and a discussion of non-pharamcologic and non-invasive treatment of cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. A search of PubMed using neuropsycholog∗ and Parkinson∗ as search terms indicates that the number of articles dealing with neuropsychology of Parkinsonian disorders has more than doubled in each of the past three decades (1990-99:269 entries, 2000-09:575 entries, 2010-17:967 entries). This rapid growth of research makes a special issue on the topic very timely.

Publication Date

11-1-2017

Publication Title

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

ISSN

18735843

E-ISSN

08876177

Volume

32

Issue

7

First Page

767

Last Page

768

PubMed ID

29077801

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1093/arclin/acx087

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