The relationship between orthostatic hypotension and cognitive impairment in α-synucleinopathies

Dr Mario Masellis and Dr. Sean Udow from the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada, look at the potential association between orthostatic hypotension and cognitive impairment in α-synucleinopathies such as Parkinson’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy. Read the review published by JNNP here: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2016/09/09/jnnp-2016-314123.abstract.

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