A computational model of Parkinsonian handwriting that highlights the role of the indirect pathway in the basal ganglia

Human Movement Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 602-618

  Gangadhar, G ^a   Joseph, D ^b   Srinivasan, A V ^c   Subramanian, D ^b   Shivakeshavan, R G ^b   Shobana, N ^c   Chakravarthy, V S ^b  

^a IDIAP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Handwriting; Micrographia; Oscillatory neural networks; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PARKINSONISM; SIMULATION; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASAL GANGLIA; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; INDIA; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUES; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 70349114605     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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