Automatic activation of motor programs by object affordances in patients with Parkinson's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 463, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-36

  Oguro, Hiroaki ^b   Ward, Robert ^a   Bracewel, Martyn ^a,c,d   Hindle, John ^a,c,d   Rafal, Robert ^a,c,d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c North West Wales NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affordance; Basal ganglia; Kinesia paradoxical; Motor control; Parksinon's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE FUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 68249143289     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.07.033     Document Type: Article

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