The impact of bilingualism on brain structure and function in Huntington's disease.

Affiliation

Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; Biomedical Research Institute (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación en Red-Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Spain; Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain; Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; European Huntington's Disease Network (EHDN), Germany. Electronic address: [Email]

Abstract

Bilingualism exerts neuroprotective effects against neurodegeneration. In Huntington's disease (HD), the systems involved in bilingual control show early compromise, but the effect of bilingualism on the course of HD is unknown.

Keywords

18F-FDG,Bilingualism,Cognitive reserve,Huntington's disease,VBM,