Critical decline in fine motor hand movements in human aging

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1458-1461

  Smith, C D ^a,b,e   Umberger, G H ^a   Manning, E L ^a   Slevin, J T ^a   Wekstein, D R ^b   Schmitt, F A ^a,b   Markesbery, W R ^a,b   Zhang, Z ^a   Gerhardt, G A ^c   Kryscio, R J ^b,d   Gash, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Human; Movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032693423     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.7.1458     Document Type: Article

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