A perceptual discrimination task results in greater facilitation of voluntary saccades in Parkinson's disease patients

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 163-172

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

^a NEW ZEALAND BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attention; Basal ganglia; Eye movements; Human; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; BENZATROPINE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; DOMPERIDONE; ENTACAPONE; FLUOXETINE; LISURIDE; MOCLOBEMIDE; PERGOLIDE; ROPINIROLE; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 84872157646     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12033     Document Type: Article

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