ISSN:
1573-8221
Keywords:
kinesthetic evoked potentials
;
somatosensory evoked potentials
;
Parkinson's syndrome
;
extrapyramidal and pyramidal systems
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract In patients with Parkinson's syndrome the early components of kinesthetic evoked potentials recorded from the brain differ significantly from those in healthy subjects, whereas the components of somatosensory evoked potentials do not. The observed differences appear to reflect enhanced pyramidal descending influences on the transmission of inhibitory kinesthetic afferent impulses in order to compensate for the excessive excitation in the extrapyramidal system.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02444146
Permalink