Excitability of the supplementary motor area in Parkinson's disease depends on subcortical damage

Excitability of the supplementary motor area in Parkinson's disease depends on subcortical damage

Background: Cortical dysfunctioning significantly contributes to the pathogenesis of motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD). Objective: We aimed at testing whether an acute levodopa administration has measurable and specific cortical effects possibly related to striatal dopaminergic deficit...

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Main Authors: Silvia Casarotto, Francesco Turco, Angela Comanducci, Alessio Perretti, Giorgio Marotta, Gianni Pezzoli, Mario Rosanova, Ioannis U. Isaias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
Subjects:
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Electroencephalography
Levodopa
Dopamine
Putamen
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X18303590

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