Article: Research from H. Shimada and co-researchers yields new findings on dementia.

In this recent report, researchers in Chiba, Japan conducted a study "To characterize brain cholinergic deficits in Parkinson disease (PD), PD with dementia (PDD), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Participants included 18 patients with PD, 21 patients with PDD/DLB, and 26 healthy controls."

"The PD group consisted of nine patients with early PD, each with a disease duration of less than 3 years, five of whom were de novo PD patients, and nine patients with advanced PD, each with a disease duration greater than or equal to 3 years. The PDD/DLB group consisted of 10 patients with PDD and 11 patients with DLB. All subjects underwent PET scans with ...

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