Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Handwriting in Parkinson’s Disease

Background. Parkinson disease (PD) is characterized by hypometric movements resulting from loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. PD leads to decreased activation of the supplementary motor area (SMA); the net result of these changes is a poverty of movement. The present study determi...

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Main Authors: Bubblepreet K. Randhawa, Becky G. Farley, Lara A. Boyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Parkinson's Disease
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/751925
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