The auditory startle response in parkinsonism may reveal the extent but not type of pathology.

OBJECTIVES: We measured the acoustic startle response (ASR) and blink reflex (ABR) in patients with clinically diagnosed Parkinson's disease (PD) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and determined the specificity of an abnormal result for the diagnosis of PSP. METHODS: Thirty patients (11...

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Main Authors: Williams, DR, Doyle, L, Lees, A, Brown, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008