Blume J, et al. – The relationship of motor burden and educational attainment was investigated in patients with advanced stage Parkinson's disease (PD). After adjusting for important covariables, the researchers observed an inverse correlation between years of education and lower (better) UPDRS –III motor score. Education could lead to an increased ability to compensate disturbances in basal ganglia circuits affecting not only for cognitive but also for motor aspects of PD. Educational attainment, therefore, could play an important role in the concept of the motor reserve.