Neural correlates underlying Micrographia in Parkinson's disease

Brain

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 144-160

  Wu, Tao ^a,b   Zhang, Jiarong ^a,b   Hallett, Mark ^c   Feng, Tao ^b,d   Hou, Yanan ^a,b   Chan, Piu ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN DISORDERS   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attention; Dopaminergic intervention; Micrographia; Parkinson's disease; Sequence effect

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; BENSERAZIDE; BENSERAZIDE, LEVODOPA DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG COMBINATION; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; CAUDAL SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSISTENT MICROGRAPHIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DYSGRAPHIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MICROGRAPHIA; PUTAMEN; ROSTRAL CINGULATE MOTOR AREA; ROSTRAL SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HANDWRITING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLIA; BENSERAZIDE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84964608661     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv319     Document Type: Article

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