Binocular control of saccades in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005 Apr:1039:588-92. doi: 10.1196/annals.1325.074.

Abstract

We focused on the saccade disconjugate control in idiopathic Parkinson's disease patients. Our data showed that in IPD patients the saccade precision was differently impaired in the two eyes--namely, the disconjugate component was larger than in controls--more for the remembered than for the reflexive task.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Fixation, Ocular
  • Functional Laterality
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease / therapy*
  • Reference Values
  • Saccades / physiology*
  • Vision, Binocular / physiology*