Reaction time deficits and Parkinson's disease

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 865-881

  Gauntlett Gilbert, Jeremy ^a   Brown, Verity J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Akinesia; Basal Ganglia; Dopamine; Movement initiation; Simple and choice reaction time

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

DOPAMINE; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031725709     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(98)00014-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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