Cortical involvement in a gait-related imagery task: Comparison between Parkinson's disease and normal aging

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 537-542

  Wai, Yau Yau ^a,b   Wang, Jiun Jie ^a,b   Weng, Yi Hsin ^b   Lin, Wey Yil ^b   Ma, Hon Kwong ^c   Ng, Shu Hang ^a,b   Wan, Yung Liang ^a,b   Wang, Chi Hong ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d MENNONITE CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Gait initiation; Gait termination; Parkinson's disease; Stepping over obstacles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAIT DISORDER; GAIT INITIATION; GAIT TERMINATION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STEPPING OVER OBSTACLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 84862822465     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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