A perceptual discrimination task abnormally facilitates reflexive saccades in Parkinson's disease

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2091-2100

  Van Stockum, Saskia ^a,b   Macaskill, Michael R ^a,b   Myall, Daniel ^a   Anderson, Tim J ^a,b,c  

^a Van der Veer Institute New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Human; Parkinson's disease; Saccades; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; DOMPERIDONE; ENTACAPONE; FLUOXETINE; LISURIDE MALEATE; MOCLOBEMIDE; PERGOLIDE; ROPINIROLE; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFLEX; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79958029207     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07697.x     Document Type: Article

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