Effects of a startling acoustic stimulus on reaction time in different parkinsonian syndromes

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1315-1320

  Valldeoriola, F ^b   Valls Sole J ^a   Tolosa, E ^b   Ventura, P J ^b   Nobbe, F A ^b   Marti M J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REFLEX; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0031772976     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1315     Document Type: Article

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