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Objective To evaluate the correlation of hemodynamic parameters and blood pressure with cerebral infarction in elderly patients with stenosis.Methods 216 elderly patients with transient ischemic attack(TIA)caused by cerebral stenosis were collected and divided into the cerebral infarction group and the control group.Differences in hemodynamic parameters and blood pressure between the two groups and the correlation between the parameters and cerebral infarction were analyzed.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves were used to analyze the specificity,sensitivity and threshold of each parameter under different degrees of stenosis.Results After adjusting for the well-known associated factors,the occurrence of cerebral infarction was negatively correlated with systolic peak velocity(Vs),end diastolic velocity(Vd) and mean blood flow velocity(Vm),and positively correlated with diastolic blood pressure(r=-0.445 、-0.420 、-0.459、0.292,P＜ 0.01).In addition,the risk thresholds for cerebral infarction under mild,moderate and severe vascular stenosis were Vs≤97.1,Vd≤43.4,Vm≤59.9 cm/s,and diastolic blood pressure ＞92.3 mmHg(1 mmHg=0.133 kPa);Vs≤ 185.8,Vd≤ 83.6,Vm≤ 123.7 cm/s,and diastolic blood pressure ＞ 104.5 mmHg;Vs≤ 198.6,Vd≤ 121.1,Vm ≤ 137.5 cm/s,and diastolic blood pressure ＞ 109.6 mmHg,respectively.Conclusions There is a correlation between the blood flow parameters and elderly cerebral infarction.Based on the degree of cerebral arterial stenosis,the risk of cerebral infarction occurrence is greater with decreased blood flow velocity and increased diastolic blood pressure.
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Objective To observe the effects of levodopa on verbal and spatial working memory in elderly patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).Methods The modified Smith working memory software were applied to study the verbal and spatial working memory in 32 PD patients before and 8 weeks after treatment with levodopa and benserazide hydrochloride tablets.The results of PD patients were compared with those in 32 normal controls matched for age,sex and education.Results The correct rates of phonological verbal and coordinate visuospatial working memory were significantly lower in the PD patients without treatment than in the normal controls (both P＜0.01).The correct rates of semantic verbal and categorical visuospatial working memory had no significant differences between the PD patients without treatment and the normal controls (both P＞0.05).The correct rates of phonological verbal working memory and coordinate visuospatial working memory were significantly higher in the PD patients after administration of levodopa and benserazide tablets than in PD patients without treatment [(88.6±6.5)％ vs.(82.1 ± 6.6)％,(84.2±8.8)％ vs.(75.2±8.9)％,respectively,both P＜0.01],but there were no significant differences in the correct rates of semantic verbal working memory and categorical visuospatial working memory between the above two groups (both P＞0.05).The correct rates of phonological verbal,semantic verbal,coordinate visuospatial and categorical visuospatial working memory were negatively correlated with the course of disease,and had no correlations with age and the degree of education.Conclusions Levodopa can improve the functions of phonological verbal working memory and the coordinate visuospatial working memory,but has no effect on the semantic verbal working memory and the categorical visuospatial working memory.It is postulated that dopamine replacement therapy may have double dissociable effects on the different working memories.
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Objective To characterize emotional memory impairment in untreated patients with Parkinson' s disease (PD) in the early stages of the disease. Methods Emotional memory tasks using standardized sets of emotional pictures including positive, neutral and negative valence were tested in 33 untreated patients with PD in the early stages and 31 healthy controls matched with age, sex, and education.Results Compared with the healthy adults (13.4 ± 1.4), PD patients had significant loss of negative valence picture memorizing ( 8. 9 ± 1.0; t = - 14. 87, P ＜ 0. 01 ).There was no significant difference between PD patients and normal controls in positive ( 11.8 ± 1.0 vs 12. 4 ± 2. 2 , t = - 0. 95 ) and neutral (7.9 ± 1.4 vs 8.2 ± 1.3, t = - 0. 89) valence picture memorizing ( both P ＞ 0. 05 ). ConclusionThe emotional memory for negative valence pictures is impaired but the emotional memory for positive and neutral is relatively spared in early PD patients without treatment.
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Objective To explore the characteristics of event-based prospective memory (EBPM) and time-based prospective memory (TBPM) impairments in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods EBPM and TBPM were examined in 87 PD patients and 85 healthy controls. And both of them were divided into two groups: aged group (≥60 years old) and non-aged group (＜60 years old). Results (1) The scores of EBPM were significantly lower in aged PD patients and non-aged PD patients than in age-matched control groups [(2. 5±0. 4) vs. (5.8± 1.3),(3.9±2.4) vs. (6.3±1.5), both P＜0. 01]. There were no significant differences in the scores of EBPM between aged PD patients or non-aged PD patients and their age-matched control groups [(3.6±0.5) vs. (3.8±0.8), (4.8±0.9) vs. (4.9±0.9), both P＞0.05]. (2)The Hoehn-Yahr grade in PD patients was significantly correlated with scores of EBPM, but not with scores of TBPM.Conclusions The patients with PD have an impairment in EBPM, but not in TBPM. The impairment of EBPM may be related to the disease severity of PD.