Distinctive features of microsaccades in Alzheimer's disease and in mild cognitive impairment

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Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 535-543

  Kapoula, Zoi ^a   Yang, Qing ^a   Otero Millan, Jorge ^b,c   Xiao, Shifu ^d   Macknik, Stephen L ^b   Lang, Alexandre ^a   Verny, Marc ^e   Martinez Conde, Susana ^b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dementia; Fixation; Fixational eye movements; Neurological disorder; Saccadic intrusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSACCADE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SQUARE WAVE JERK; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84898922408     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-013-9582-3     Document Type: Article

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