Table III .
Neuropsychological results - cabergoline group.
| Tests | Cabergoline | L-dopa | Wash out | Performance change | ||
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| Memory function | ||||||
| RAVLT | ||||||
| Total words trials 1–5 | 44.67±7.35 | 47.02±10.33 | 45.11±11.02 | ⇑ | ||
| Long Delay Free Recall | 8.45±2.33 | 9.03±2.48 | 8.78±2.16 | ⇑ | ||
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| Digit Span forward | 5.1±1.22 | 5.2±1.61 | 5.0±1.11 | ⇑ | ||
| backward | 3.6±1.72 | 3.5±1.21 | 3.3±0.62 | ⇑ | ||
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| ANOVA | ||||||
| Drug effect | n.s. | |||||
| Test effect | p>0.001 | |||||
| Interaction | n.s. | |||||
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| Verbal and semantic fluency | ||||||
| Verbal fluency | 28.12±8.22 | 30.54±9.74 | 27.43±9.63 | ⇑ | ||
| Semantic fluency | 14.54±2.58 | 15.11±4.79 | 14.32±3.56 | ⇑ | ||
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| ANOVA | ||||||
| Drug effect | n.s. | |||||
| Test effect | p>0.001 | |||||
| Interaction | n.s. | |||||
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| Attentional tests | ||||||
| Trail Making | A | 64.31±23.34 | 64.45±27.52 | 66.66±30.11 | ⇑ | |
| B | 144.5±77.11 | 150.6±79.83 | 156.9±81.13 | ⇑ | ||
| B-A | 74.5±58.33 | 76.2±51.64 | 83.1±52.33 | ⇑ | ||
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| ANOVA | ||||||
| Drug effect | n.s. | |||||
| Test effect | p>0.001 | |||||
| Interaction | n.s. | |||||
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| Stroop Test | W | 98.5±21.32 | 98.9±20.65 | 94.5±19.11 | ⇑ | |
| C | 70.2±17.84 | 69.23±13.21 | 66.96±11.52 | ⇑ | ||
| CW | 41.62±8.74 | 45.44±7.57 | 38.6±6.61 | ⇑ | ||
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| ANOVA | ||||||
| Drug effect | n.s. | |||||
| Test effect | p>0.001 | |||||
| Interaction | n.s. | |||||
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| Tower of London | 25.83±2.34 | 28.12±6.88 | 27.99±1.53 | ⇑ | ||
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| ANOVA | ||||||
| Drug effect | n.s. | |||||
| Test effect | p>0.001 | |||||
| Interaction | n.s. | |||||
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| Deductive intelligence | ||||||
| Raven Matrices | 31.36±6.34 | 32.67±2.56 | 30.34±5.23 | ⇑ | ||
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| ANOVA | ||||||
| Drug effect | n.s. | |||||
Abbreviations: RAVLT=Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test; n.s.=not significant.