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Executive deficit in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 is related to expanded CAG repeats: evidence from antisaccadic eye movements.
Brain and cognition - 1 Nov 2014
Rodríguez-Labrada Roberto, Velázquez-Pérez Luis, Aguilera-Rodríguez Raúl, Seifried-Oberschmidt Carola, Peña-Acosta Arnoy, Canales-Ochoa Nalia, Medrano-Montero Jacqueline, Estupiñan-Rodríguez Annelié, Vázquez-Mojena Yaimeé, González-Zaldivar Yanetza, Laffita Mesa Jose M
Abstract excerpt
Although antisaccadic task is a sensitive research tool in psychopathology, it has not been systematically studied in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). To identify putative biomarkers of executive dysfunction in SCA2 we assessed the antisaccade performance in 41 SCA2 patients and their sex-and-age matched controls using an electronystagmography device. We studied the relationship between...
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