Bereitschaftspotential preceding eyelid blinks in Parkinson's disease
Isabella Araújo Mota1, Maria das Graças Coriolano2, Otávio Gomes Lins3
1Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley, Ambulatório de Neurologia, João Pessoa PB, Brasil.
Methods:
Ten PD patients in stages 1 and 2 of the Hoehn & Yahr classification were compared to 18 healthy controls. Artifact-free EEG segments of two seconds preceding the onset of the blink potential were averaged and analyzed, and the statistical significance of the measured amplitudes were evaluated by analysis of variance models.
Results:
The presence of a BP in the PD patients was demonstrated. The mean amplitudes at 0 ms were respectively 0.6 µV and 3.3 µV for the BP patients and the normal controls, respectively.
Conclusions:
The BP amplitudes were significantly smaller in PD patients than normal participants. The amplitudes of the BP were not modified by levodopa.
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