Pathophysiology of somatosensory abnormalities in Parkinson disease

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 687-697

  Conte, Antonella ^a   Khan, Nashaba ^b   Defazio, Giovanni ^b   Rothwell, John C ^c   Berardelli, Alfredo ^d  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; LEVODOPA;

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DOPAMINE AGENTS; HUMANS; PAIN PERCEPTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 84890115389     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.224     Document Type: Review

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