Using contrast acuity and rapid number naming in Huntington’s disease
4 February 2021
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Huntington disease, King-Devick test, contrast sensitivity, eye movements, saccades
This study aimed to evaluate afferent and efferent visual function in Huntington’s disease (HD). HD is often portrayed by abnormal saccadic eye movements and afferent visual pathway involvement however these are poorly characterised and difficult to quantify at the bedside....
Saccadic eye movements in young-onset Parkinson’s disease
5 August 2020
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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BOLD, Saccadic eye movements, fMRI, young onset Parkinson’s disease
The objective of this study was to understand control of saccadic eye movements in patients with young onset Parkinson’s disease (YOPD) where onset of disease symptoms appears early in life (<40 years of age). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was...
