Detailed Information on Publication Record
2013
The Mechanisms of Movement Control and Time Estimation in Cervical Dystonia Patients
FILIP, Pavel, Ovidiu V. LUNGU, Daniel Joel SHAW, Tomáš KAŠPÁREK, Martin BAREŠ et. al.Basic information
Original name
The Mechanisms of Movement Control and Time Estimation in Cervical Dystonia Patients
Authors
FILIP, Pavel (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Ovidiu V. LUNGU (124 Canada), Daniel Joel SHAW (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, belonging to the institution), Tomáš KAŠPÁREK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Martin BAREŠ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Neural Plasticity, New York, HINDAWI PUBLISHING CORPORATION, 2013, 2090-5904
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
30000 3. Medical and Health Sciences
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 3.608
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14740/13:00065632
Organization unit
Central European Institute of Technology
UT WoS
000325567500001
Keywords in English
cervical dystonia; cerebellar signs; basal ganglia
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 4/4/2014 09:29, Olga Křížová
Abstract
V originále
Traditionally, the pathophysiology of cervical dystonia has been regarded mainly in relation to neurochemical abnormities in the basal ganglia. Recently, however, substantial evidence has emerged for cerebellar involvement. While the absence of neurological “cerebellar signs” in most dystonia patients may be considered at least provoking, there are more subtle indications of cerebellar dysfunction in complex, demanding tasks. Specifically, given the role of the cerebellum in the neural representation of time, in the millisecond range, dysfunction to this structure is considered to be of greater importance than dysfunction of the basal ganglia. In the current study,we investigated the performance of cervical dystonia patients on a computer task known to engage the cerebellum, namely, the interception of a moving target with changing parameters (speed, acceleration, and angle) with a simple response (pushing a button). The cervical dystonia patients achieved significantly worse results than a sample of healthy controls. Our results suggest that the cervical dystonia patients are impaired at integrating incoming visual information with motor responses during the prediction of upcoming actions, an impairment we interpret as evidence of cerebellar dysfunction.
Links
ED1.1.00/02.0068, research and development project |
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NT13437, research and development project |
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