Art and Parkinson's disease: A dramatic change in an artist's style as an initial symptom

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 879-881

  Shimura, Hideki ^a   Tanaka, Ryota ^a   Urabe, Takao ^a   Tanaka, Shigeki ^a   Hattori, Nobutaka ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abstract painting; Artistic expression; Neurodegenerative disease; Nonmotor symptoms; Parkinson's disease; Visuospatial system

Indexed keywords

ENTACAPONE; LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAINTING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ART; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84862559751     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6271-y     Document Type: Article

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