Differences in saccade dynamics between spinocerebellar ataxia 2 and late-onset cerebellar ataxias

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 879-891

  Federighi, Pamela ^a   Cevenini, Gabriele ^a   Dotti, Maria T ^a   Rosini, Francesca ^a   Pretegiani, Elena ^a   Federico, Antonio ^a   Rufa, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

accuracy; degenerative cerebellar diseases; late onset cerebellar ataxia; saccade dynamics; spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 2; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79952142034     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr009     Document Type: Article

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