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Deficits in orofacial sensorimotor function in Parkinson's disease
Author(s) -
Schneider Jay S.,
Diamond Shirley G.,
Markham Charles H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410190309
Subject(s) - parkinson's disease , sensory system , sensory gating , motor function , psychology , disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , basal ganglia , degenerative disease , neuroscience , audiology , medicine , central nervous system disease , gating , pathology , central nervous system
Orofacial sensorimotor function was assessed in patients with Parkinson's disease and in age‐matched controls. Tests were designed to assess sensory function, motor abilities, and the integration of sensory information for the performance of specific movements. Patients with Parkinson's disease and normal subjects both made more errors with increasing age; however, overall, patients with Parkinson's disease made significantly more errors in our tests than did normal subjects. Interestingly, patients with Parkinson's disease showed greater deficits in tests of sensory function and sensorimotor integration than in tests of motor function. These results suggest that one aspect of Parkinson's disease consists of complex deficits in the utilization of specific sensory inputs to organize and guide movements. The results are further discussed in relation to a proposed sensory gating or filtering schema of basal ganglia motor functioning.