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Review
. 2011 Dec;79(12):692-5.
doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1281596. Epub 2011 Oct 18.

[The neuropsychology of nigrostriatal dopaminergic transmission in Parkinson's disease]

[Article in German]
C Wallesch  1
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[The neuropsychology of nigrostriatal dopaminergic transmission in Parkinson's disease]

[Article in German]
C Wallesch. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Through cortico-subcortico-cortical loop systems, the dopaminergic modulation influences not only motor, but also other executive functions. Neuropsychological findings in Parkinson's disease are reviewed and physiologically interpreted. The theory of a "supervisory attentional system" according to Norman and Shallice (1986) seems to be an adequate model of the interaction of cortex and basal ganglia in executive function and control.

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