Reduced StartReact effect and freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease: Two of a kind?

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 943-950

  Nonnekes, Jorik ^a   Geurts, Alexander C H ^a,b   Oude Nijhuis, Lars B ^a   Van Geel, Karin ^a   Snijders, Anke H ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Freezing of gait; Parkinson's disease; Reticulospinal tract; Startle; StartReact

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREEZING OF GAIT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84901926637     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-014-7304-0     Document Type: Article

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