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LANGUAGE AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2008

Abstract

Parkinson's disease, the most common progressive neurological movement disorder worldwide, causes slow deterioration of subcortical structures and dopamine deficiency, and the disruption of circuits connecting frontal lobe and basal ganglia regions. Although the motor and cognitive consequences of these structural and physiological changes have been well-documented, only a limited, albeit growing, empirical literature has examined the integrity of language abilities in individuals with Parkinson's disease. This article reviews recent advances in that literature that have furthered our understanding of the quantitative and qualitative changes in morphosyntactic, lexical-semantic, and discourse levels of language functioning associated with Parkinson's disease. This article also discusses the theoretical and applied implications of these linguistic symptoms and provides suggestions to forward this line of research.

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Zanini, S., Tavano, A., Vorano, L., Schiavo, F., Gigli, G., Aglioti, S. M., et al. (2004). Greater syntactic impairments in native language in bilingual Parkinsonian patients. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 75, 16781681.Google Scholar
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Boulenger, V., Mechtouff, L., Thobois, S., Broussolle, E., Jeannerod, M., & Nazir, T. A. (2008). Word processing in Parkinson's disease is impaired for action verbs but not for concrete nouns. Neuropsychologia, 46 (2), 743756.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Caballo, N., Marti, M. J., & Tolosa, E. (2007). Cognitive dysfunction and dementia in Parkinson disease. Movement Disorders, 22 (Suppl. 17), S358S366.Google Scholar
Cameli, L., Phillips, N. A., Kousaie, S., & Panisset, M. (2006). Memory and language in bilingual Alzheimer and Parkinson patients: Insights from verb inflection. Brain and Cognition, 60, 304323.Google Scholar
Carne, W., Cifu, D., Marcinko, P., Baron, M., Pickett, T., Qutubuddin, A., et al. (2005). Efficacy of multidisciplinary treatment program on long-term outcomes of individuals with Parkinson's disease. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 42 (6), 779786.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Cotelli, M., Borroni, B., Manenti, R., Zanetti, M., Arevalo, A., Cappa, S. F., et al. (2007). Action and object naming in Parkinson's disease without dementia. European Journal of Neurology, 14, 632637.Google Scholar
Coyne, T., Silburn, P., Cook, R., Silberstein, P., Mellick, G., Sinclair, F., et al. (2006). Rapid subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation lead placement utilizing CT/MRI fusion, microelectrode recording and test stimulation. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, 99, 4950.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Cummings, J. L., Darkins, A., Mendez, M., Hill, M. A., & Benson, D. F. (1988). Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease: Comparison of speech and language alterations. Neurology, 38, 680684.Google Scholar
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Hough, M. S. (2004). Generative word fluency skills in adults with Parkinson's disease. Aphasiology, 18 (5–7), 581588.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kintsch, W., & van Dijk, T. A. (1978). Toward a model of text comprehension and production. Psychological Review, 85, 363394.Google Scholar
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Magee, W. L., Brumfitt, S. M., Freeman, M., & Davidson, J. W. (2006). The role of music therapy in an interdisciplinary approach to address functional communication in complex neuro-communication disorders: A case report. Disability and Rehabilitation, 28 (19), 12211229.Google Scholar
Mattay, V. S., Tessitore, A., Callicott, J. H., Bertolino, A., Goldberg, T. E., Chase, T. N., et al. (2002). Dopaminergic modulation of cortical function in patients with Parkinson's disease. Annals of Neurology, 51 (2), 156164.Google Scholar
McNamara, P., & Durso, R. (2003). Pragmatic communication skills in patients with Parkinson's disease. Brain and Language, 84, 414423.Google Scholar
McNamara, P., Krueger, M., O'Quin, K., Clark, J., & Durso, R. (1996). Grammaticality judgments and sentence comprehension in Parkinson's disease: A comparison with Broca's aphasia. International Journal of Neuroscience, 86 (1–2), 151166.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Monetta, L., & Pell, M. D. (2007). Effects of verbal working memory deficits on metaphor comprehension in patients with Parkinson's’ disease. Brain and Language, 101, 8089.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Murray, L. L., & Clark, H. M. (2006). Neurogenic disorders of language: Theory driven clinical practice. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning.Google Scholar
Murray, L. L., & Lenz, L. P. (2001). Productive syntax abilities in Huntington's and Parkinson's diseases. Brain and Cognition, 46, 213219.Google Scholar
Murray, L. L., & Stout, J. C. (1999). Discourse comprehension in Huntington's and Parkinson's diseases. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 8, 137148.Google Scholar
Pignatti, R., Ceriani, F., Bertella, L., Mori, I., & Semenza, C. (2006). Naming abilities in spontaneous speech in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. Brain and Language, 99, 124125.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rothlind, J., Cockshott, R., Starr, P., & Marks, W. (2007). Neuropsychological performance following staged bilateral pallidal or subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13, 6879.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Spielman, J., Ramig, L. O., Mahler, L., Halpern, A., & Gavin, W. J. (2007). Effects of an extended version of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment on voice and speech in Parkinson's disease. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 16 (2), 95107.Google Scholar
Terzi, A., Papapetropoulos, S., & Kouvelas, E. D. (2005). Past tense formation and comprehension of passive sentences in Parkinson's disease: Evidence from Greek. Brain and Language, 94 (3), 297303.Google Scholar
Troster, A. I., Woods, S. P., & Fields, J. A. (2003). Verbal fluency declines after pallidotomy: An interaction between task and lesion laterality. Applied Neuropsychology, 10 (2), 6975.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wade, D. T., Gage, H., Owen, C., Trend, P., Grossmith, C., & Kaye, J. (2003). Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for people with Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 74 (2), 158162.Google Scholar
Whiting, E., Copland, D., & Angwin, A. (2005). Verb and context processing in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 18 (3), 259276.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
York, M. K., Levin, H. S., Grossman, R. G., Lai, E., & Krauss, J. (2003). Clustering and switching in phonemic fluency following pallidotomy for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 25, 110121.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Zanini, S., Melatini, A., Capus, L., Gioulis, M., Vassallo, A., & Bava, A. (2003). Language recovery following subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson's disease. NeuroReport, 14 (3), 511516.Google Scholar
Zanini, S., Tavano, A., Vorano, L., Schiavo, F., Gigli, G., Aglioti, S. M., et al. (2004). Greater syntactic impairments in native language in bilingual Parkinsonian patients. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 75, 16781681.Google Scholar
Zgaljardic, D. J., Borod, J. C., Foldi, N. S., Mattis, P. J. Gordon, M. F., & Feigin, A. (2006). An examination of executive dysfunction associated with frontostriatal circuitry in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 28, 11271144.Google Scholar