Abstract:Objective To investigate the association between SNCA rs356221 single nucleotide polymorphism and cognitive function in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods A total of 361 PD patients who attended the special clinic of PD in Department of Neurology, Sichuan Mianyang 404 Hospital, from January 2015 to December 2018 were enrolled. All patients received neuropsychological assessments (including Auditory-Verbal Learning Test), Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and Stroop color-word test (SCWT). The SNaPShot method was used to determine the genotype of SNCA rs356221. Results The results of SCWT showed that the patients carrying SNCA rs356221 spent a significantly longer time in identifying Card C than those carrying wild-type SNCA rs356221 (199.80±0.15 s vs 153.40±0.15 s, P<0.001). The patients carrying SNCA rs356221 had a significantly higher interference index than those carrying wild-type SNCA rs356221 (3.75±0.15 vs 2.88±0.24, P<0.001). Conclusions SNCA rs356221 single nucleotide polymorphism has certain influence on the executive function of PD patients.