• J Parkinsons Dis · Jan 2019

    Saccadic Direction Errors are Associated with Impulsive Compulsive Behaviours in Parkinson's Disease Patients.

    • Pedro Barbosa, Diego Kaski, Patricia Castro, Andrew J Lees, Thomas T Warner, and Atbin Djamshidian.
    • Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.
    • J Parkinsons Dis. 2019 Jan 1; 9 (3): 625-630.

    AbstractFifteen individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) and impulsive compulsive behaviours (PD+ICB) were compared to 15 PD patients without ICBs (PD-ICB) and 15 healthy controls (HC) on a pro-saccades and an anti-saccades task to assess if ICBs are associated with distinct saccadic abnormalities. PD+ICB made shorter saccades than HC and more direction errors in the anti-saccades task than PD-ICB and HC, suggesting that patients with ICBs have greater difficulty in suppressing automatic saccades towards a given target. Saccadic assessment has the potential to evolve into a marker to guide therapeutic decisions in patients at risk of developing ICBs.

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