2016-07-01
发表杂志:Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
发表类型: Research Article
影响因子(IF): 2.68
PMID: 26940028 Pubmed原文链接 全文下载
A total of 145 patients with PD without depression and dementia and 30 age-matched controls were consecutively recruited. Patients with PD were evaluated by Apathy Scale (AS), scales for motor symptoms and quality of life. The levels of iron, oxidative and neuroinflammatory factors, a-synuclein oligomer, and dopamine in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with PD and controls were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, chemical colorimetric method, and high-performance liquid chromatography. Comparisons between PD with pure apathy and with no pure apathy groups and correlation between AS score and the levels of above factors were analyzed.
Patients with PD had high prevalence of pure apathy. Patients with PD having pure apathy had older age. Pure apathy reduced quality of life for patients without worsening motor function. Excessive iron and a-synuclein oligomer in brain commonly contributed to pure apathy of PD through potential mechanism of oxidative stress.