Serum IGF-1 is associated with cognitive functions in early, drug-naïve Parkinson’s disease

• Marina Picillo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), Department of Medicine and Surgery, Neuroscience Section, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9025-137X

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• Rosario Pivonello,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

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• Gabriella Santangelo,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy

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• Claudia Pivonello,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

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• Riccardo Savastano,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), Department of Medicine and Surgery, Neuroscience Section, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

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• Renata Auriemma,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation IOS and Coleman Medicina Futura Medical Center, Naples, Italy

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• Marianna Amboni,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), Department of Medicine and Surgery, Neuroscience Section, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy, IDC Hermitage-Capodimonte, Naples, Italy

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• Sara Scannapieco,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), Department of Medicine and Surgery, Neuroscience Section, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

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• Angela Pierro,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), Department of Medicine and Surgery, Neuroscience Section, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

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• Annamaria Colao,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

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• Paolo Barone,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), Department of Medicine and Surgery, Neuroscience Section, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

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• Maria Teresa Pellecchia

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mpellecchia@unisa.it

  Affiliation Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), Department of Medicine and Surgery, Neuroscience Section, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

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