Dependence of reaction times on movement patterns in patients with Parkinson's disease and those with cerebellar degeneration.
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Tohoku University Medical Press in The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 132 (2) , 153-158
- https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.132.153
Abstract
Premotor times (PMT) of both biceps muscles in flexion and supination of the forearms were examined in 13 patients with Parkinson''s disease (PD), 10 with cerebellar degeneration (CD) and 14 control subjects. Compared with the control, PMT of CD increased definitely but that of PD was within normal range. The difference of PMT between flexion and supination was lost in PD, but not in CD. The basal ganglia and the right cerebral cortex are apparently functioning for the selection of movement patterns at the initiation of movements.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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