Dual-task interference and brain structural connectivity in people with Parkinson's disease who freeze

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Authors

Daniel S. Peterson · Oregon Health & Science University

Brett W. Fling · Portland VA Medical Center

Martina Mancini · Oregon Health & Science University

Rajal G. Cohen · University of Idaho

John G. Nutt · Oregon Health & Science University

Fay B. Horak · Oregon Health & Science University

Abstract

These results support the hypothesis that freezing is related to altered attentional control during gait, and suggest that differences in pedunculopontine nucleus connectivity contribute to poorer attentional control in people with PD who freeze.

Topics & Keywords

Neurological disorders and treatments Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Volume 86, Issue 7, pp. 786-792

DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-308840

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