Discrimination of bilateral differences in the loci of tactile stimulation is impaired in subjects with Parkinson's disease

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-247

  Zia, Shagufta ^a   Cody, Frederick W J ^a   O'Boyle, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Human; Neurological impairment; Perception; Sensory; Tactile sensation

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; AMANTADINE; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; APOMORPHINE; BENSERAZIDE; CARBIDOPA; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA; ORPHENADRINE; PROCYCLIDINE; SELEGILINE; TOLCAPONE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRADYKINESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RIGIDITY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TREMOR;

AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TOUCH;

EID: 0037255678     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10100     Document Type: Article

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