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ArticleJournal of cognitive neuroscience2016

Startle Habituation and Midfrontal Theta Activity in Parkinson Disease.

Kuan-Hua Chen, Katrina L Okerstrom, Jonathan R Kingyon, Steven W Anderson, James F Cavanagh, Nandakumar S Narayanan

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Article in Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Approach to Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2020
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  19. Diminished EEG habituation to novel events effectively classifies Parkinson's patients.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Kuan-Hua ChenUniversity of Iowa.
Katrina L OkerstromUniversity of Iowa.
Jonathan R KingyonUniversity of Iowa.
Steven W AndersonUniversity of Iowa.
James F CavanaghUniversity of New Mexico.
Nandakumar S NarayananUniversity of Iowa.

Funding

University of New Mexico (UNM) Center for Brain Recovery and RepairP20GM109089 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI SHUTTLEWORTH, CLAUDE W · 2015 to 2024
$22.7M
NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING PROGRAMT32NS007421 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Sheila A Baker, Daniel T. Tranel · 1999 to 2026
$6.0M
Prefrontal dopamine and cognitive symptoms of Parkinsons diseaseK08NS078100 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI NARAYANAN, NANDAKUMAR · 2012 to 2016
$908k
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109089NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS078100NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to adapt to aversive stimuli is critical for mental health. Here, we investigate the relationship between habituation to startling stimuli and startle-related activity in medial frontal cortex as measured by EEG in both healthy control participants and patients with Parkinson disease (PD). We report three findings. First, patients with PD exhibited normal initial startle responses but reduced startle habituation relative to demographically matched controls. Second, control participants had midfrontal EEG theta activity in response to startling stimuli, and this activity was attenuated in patients with PD. Finally, startle-related midfrontal theta activity was correlated with the rate of startle habituation. These data indicate that impaired startle habituation in PD is a result of attenuated midfrontal cognitive control signals. Our findings could provide insight into the frontal regulation of startle habituation.

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Antiparkinson AgentsBlinkingElectroencephalographyExecutive FunctionFemaleFrontal LobeHabituation, PsychophysiologicHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsParkinson DiseaseReflex, StartleSeverity of Illness IndexAntiparkinson Agents

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PMID27417205
PMCPMC6686857

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