The pattern of cortical atrophy in Parkinson’s disease with mild cognitive impairment according to the timing of cognitive dysfunction

The density of Lewy bodies or the concurrent β-amyloid pathology would act as modulators in the relative timing of dementia during the course of Parkinson's disease. Depending on the temporal relationship between the onset of parkinsonism and that of cognitive impairment, patients with Parkinson's disease with mild cognitive impairment were divided into two groups of earlier (<1 year) and later (≥1 year) cognitive decline, and cortical atrophy...