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Alpha Rhythm , Arousal/physiology , Electroencephalography , Music , Adult , Attention/physiology , Brain Mapping , Cerebral Cortex/physiology , Female , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
In 47 patients with Parkinson's disease, we studied the visual evoked potential (VEP) using the pattern-reversal checkerboard (CBVEP) and the grating (GVEP) stimuli before and after 3 months of L-dopa therapy. The P100 latency in both CBVEP and GVEP was prolonged before L-dopa therapy, usually commensurate with the degree of motor disability. Clinical improvement of the parkinsonian state after L-dopa therapy was associated with shortening of the P100 latency in CBVEP, but not significantly in GVEP.
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Evoked Potentials, Visual , Levodopa/therapeutic use , Parkinson Disease/drug therapy , Aged , Female , Humans , Levodopa/pharmacology , Male , Middle Aged , Parkinson Disease/physiopathology , Pattern Recognition, VisualSubject(s)
Periodicals as Topic/standards , Abstracting and Indexing , MEDLARS , Peer Review , Publishing , United StatesSubject(s)
Brain , Encephalitis/complications , Fever of Unknown Origin/etiology , Adult , Child , Encephalitis, Japanese/complications , Humans , InfantSubject(s)
Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors/genetics , Epilepsy/genetics , Tyrosine/metabolism , Child , Humans , MaleSubject(s)
Electroencephalography , Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/physiopathology , Adolescent , Adult , Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/complications , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Alpha Rhythm , Biofeedback, Psychology , Yoga , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , MethodsABSTRACT
Two male cousins are reported with arachnodactyly, selective aminoaciduria, congenital cataracts, cerebellar ataxia, and delayed developmental milestones, and a distant female relative with similar abnormalities. The syndrome is thought to be previously undescribed, though it has resemblances to Marinesco-Sjögren and Marfan's syndromes.