Publications by authors named "F Cogiamanian"
Article Synopsis
- Dystonia affects about 30% of Parkinson's disease patients and its relationship with deep brain stimulation (DBS) is not well understood.
- A study analyzed data from 80 PD patients who received DBS, focusing on dystonia before and after the procedure in relation to medication status.
- Results showed that patients with off-dystonia improved significantly after DBS, while many with on-dystonia developed it post-surgery, potentially due to higher doses of levodopa prior to the procedure.*
Objective: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) improves motor outcomes in Parkinson's disease (PD) but may have adverse long-term effects on specific cognitive domains. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between total electrical energy (TEED) delivered by DBS and postoperative changes in verbal fluency.
Methods: Seventeen PD patients undergoing bilateral STN-DBS were assessed with the Alternate Verbal Fluency Battery (AVFB), which includes phonemic (PVF), semantic (SVF), and alternate verbal fluency (AVF) tests, before surgery (T0) and after 6 (T1) and 12 months (T2).
: High cognitive reserve (CR) has been shown to have beneficial effects on global cognition, cognitive decline, and risk of dementia in Parkinson's disease (PD). We evaluated the influence of CR on the long-term cognitive outcomes of patients with PD who underwent subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS). Twenty-five patients with PD underwent neuropsychological screening using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) at baseline, 1 year, and 5 years after bilateral STN-DBS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe role of SWI sequence during the preoperative targeting of the subthalamic nucleus for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: A retrospective cohort study.
World Neurosurg X
April 2024
Background: Mutations in ANO3 are a rare cause of autosomal dominant isolated or combined dystonia, mainly presenting in adulthood.
Cases: We extensively characterize a new, large ANO3 family with six affected carriers. The proband is a young girl who had suffered from tremor and painful dystonic movements in her right arm since the age of 11 years.