Attentional control of gait and falls: is cholinergic dysfunction a common substrate in the elderly and Parkinson’s disease?

Attentional control of gait and falls: is cholinergic dysfunction a common substrate in the elderly and Parkinson’s disease?

The aim of this study was to address whether deficits in the central cholinergic activity may contribute to the increased difficulty to allocate attention during gait in the elderly with heightened risk of falls. We recruited 50 participants with a history of 2 or more falls (33 patients with Parkin...

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Main Authors: Elisa ePelosin, Carla eOgliastro, Giovanna eLagravinese, Gaia eBonassi, Anat eMirelman, Jeffrey M eHausdorff, Giovanni eAbbruzzese, Laura eAvanzino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Attention
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Parkinson’s disease
falls
Dual task gait
cholinergic system.
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2016.00104/full

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