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Abstract
Objective: To assess cognitive abilities of healthy first-degree relatives of Ashkenazi patients with Parkinson disease (PD), carriers of the G2019S mutation in the LRRK2 gene.
Methods: In this observational study, 60 consecutive healthy first-degree relatives (aged 50.9 ± 6.2 years; 48% male; 30 G2019S carriers) were assessed using a computerized cognitive program, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment questionnaire, the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part III, and the Geriatric Depression Scale.
Results: G2019S carriers scored significantly lower on the computerized executive function index (p = 0.04) and on specific executive function tasks (Stroop test, p = 0.007).
Conclusion: Carrying the LRRK2 G2019S mutation was associated with lower executive performance in a population at risk for PD.
GLOSSARY
- AJ=
- Ashkenazi Jewish;
- EF=
- executive function;
- GDS=
- Geriatric Depression Scale;
- MoCA=
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment test;
- PD=
- Parkinson disease;
- RT=
- reaction time;
- UPDRS=
- Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale
Footnotes
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LRRK2 Ashkenazi Jewish Consortium coinvestigators are listed on the Neurology® Web site at www.neurology.org.
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Study funding: Supported by grants from the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Grant of Excellence, Khan Foundation, Israel Science Foundation Heritage Legacy, the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, and the UMC ST Radboud, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The LRRK2 Ashkenazi Jewish Consortium is funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation, New York, New York.
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Supplemental data at www.neurology.org
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This work was performed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of a PhD degree of Avner Thaler, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
- Received December 9, 2011.
- Accepted April 19, 2012.
- Copyright © 2012 by AAN Enterprises, Inc.
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