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Retrograde Amnesia in Parkinson’s Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Morris Freedman ,
Peter Rivoira ,
Nelson Butters ,
Daniel S. Sax  and
Robert G. Feldman
Morris Freedman*
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology. Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology. McGill University, and the Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Montreal Neurological Hospital
Peter Rivoira
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology. Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology. McGill University, and the Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Montreal Neurological Hospital
Nelson Butters
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology. Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology. McGill University, and the Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Montreal Neurological Hospital
Daniel S. Sax
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology. Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology. McGill University, and the Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Montreal Neurological Hospital
Robert G. Feldman
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology. Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology. McGill University, and the Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Montreal Neurological Hospital
*
Mount Sinai Hospital, Suite 433, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada
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Retrograde amnesia was assessed in demented and non-demented Parkinson’s patients using a test of remote memory spanning the years from 1920-1979. Results indicated that the demented patients 1) scored significantly below normal controls and 2) had equal impairment for all time periods. This pattern was like that seen in other dementing illnesses (i.e., Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s diseases), but different from that in amnesic disorders, such as Korsakoff s syndrome. The data, therefore, suggest qualitative differences in pattern of remote memory loss between the dementias and amnesic syndromes.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , May 1984 , pp. 297 - 301
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1984

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