A comparison of levodopa treatment and task demands on visual evoked potentials in hemi-Parkinsonism

Matti Mintz, Rachel Tomer, Henrik Radwan, Michael S. Myslobodsky

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Abstract

In patients with hemi-Parkinsonism the amplitude of visual evoked potential (EP) components was relatively reduced over the hemisphere contralateral to Parkinsonian symptomatology. Chronic levodopa treatment tended to reverse this lateral asymmetry. Before levodopa treatment, participation in a simple attentional task brought about similar EP changes. After levodopa treatment, only patients with left symptomatology responded to the attention task with an enlargement of EP components, largely in the noninvolved hemisphere. These findings suggest that task demands cause changes in the sensory system which are similar to those contributing to "paradoxical kinesia.".

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)245-251
Number of pages7
JournalPsychiatry Research
Volume6
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1982
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgment. Supported in part by a grant from H. Pardee to M.S. bodsky and a grant from the Israel Foundations Trustees to M. Mintz.

Keywords

  • Hemi-Parkinsonism
  • attention
  • levodopa
  • paradoxical kinesia
  • visual evoked potentials

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Biological Psychiatry

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