Brain dopamine and kinematics of graphomotor functions

Human Movement Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 492-509

  Lange, Klaus W ^a   Mecklinger, Lara ^a   Walitza, Susanne ^b   Becker, Georg ^c   Gerlach, Manfred ^b   Naumann, Markus ^d   Tucha, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute phenylalanine and tyrosine depletion; Dopamine; Handwriting; Kinematic analysis; Parkinson's disease; Transcranial sonography

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA; MONOAMINE OXIDASE B INHIBITOR; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TIME; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENYLALANINE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TYROSINE;

EID: 33750059173     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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