Dopaminergic Enhancement of Learning and Memory in Healthy Adults and Patients With Dementia/Mild Cognitive Impairment

Summary

This study aims to determine whether levodopa is effective in boosting learning and memory in healthy subjects and patients with dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment. We also examine in healthy subjects using functional magnetic resonance imaging which brain regions mediate improved learning after levodopa administration.

Timeline

Start

2006-01

Primary completion

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Completion

2008-03

Publications

• Background Knecht S, Breitenstein C, Bushuven S, Wailke S, Kamping S, Floel A, Zwitserlood P, Ringelstein EB. Levodopa: faster and better word learning in normal humans. Ann Neurol. 2004 Jul;56(1):20-6. doi: 10.1002/ana.20125.
• Background Breitenstein C, Knecht S. [Language acquisition and statistical learning]. Nervenarzt. 2003 Feb;74(2):133-43. doi: 10.1007/s00115-002-1466-1. German.
• Background Floel A, Hummel F, Breitenstein C, Knecht S, Cohen LG. Dopaminergic effects on encoding of a motor memory in chronic stroke. Neurology. 2005 Aug 9;65(3):472-4. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000172340.56307.5e.

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