Reversible dissociation of sensitivity to dynamic stimuli in Parkinson's disease: Is magnocellular function essential to reading motion-defined letters

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3531-3534

  Giaschi, D ^a,b   Lang, A ^a   Regan, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnocellular pathway; Motion; Motion defined form; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030728244     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00316-1     Document Type: Article

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