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Motor disorder in Huntington's disease begins as a dysfunction in error feedback control.
Nature - 3 Feb 2000
Smith M A, Brandt J, Shadmehr R
Abstract excerpt
A steady progression of motor dysfunction takes place in Huntington's disease (HD). The origin of this disturbance with relation to the motor control process is not understood. Here we studied reaching movements in asymptomatic HD gene-carriers (AGCs) and subjects with manifest HD. We found that movement jerkiness, which characterizes the smoothness and efficiency of motion, was a sensitive indicator of...
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