'Gamma' band oscillatory response to chromatic stimuli in volunteers and patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 726-734

  Sannita, Walter G ^a,e,f   Carozzo, Simone ^a   Orsini, Paolo ^b   Domenici, Luciano ^c,g   Porciatti, Vittorio ^c,d   Fioretto, Mauro ^a   Garbarino, Sergio ^a   Sartucci, Ferdinando ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Istituto David Chiossone Onlus   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromatic stimuli; Contrast stimuli; Factor analysis; Healthy controls; Idiopathic Parkinson's disease; Oscillatory gamma activity; Parvo , konio , and magno cellular subsystems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; GRATING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LATENT PERIOD; LUMINANCE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 64249106163     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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