Freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease is associated with functional decoupling between the cognitive control network and the basal ganglia

M. Shine, James; Matar, Elie; B. Ward, Philip; J. Frank, Michael; A. Moustafa, Ahmed; Pearson, Mark; L. Naismith, Sharon; J.G. Lewis, Simon

doi:10.1093/brain/awt272

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Freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease is associated with functional decoupling between the cognitive control network and the basal ganglia

Published in Brain • Oct 18, 2013

Authors:

James M. Shine

Elie Matar

Philip B. Ward

Abstract

Recent neuroimaging evidence has led to the proposal that freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease is due to dysfunctional interactions between frontoparietal cortical regions and subcortical structures, such as the striatum. However, to date, no study has employed task-based functional connectivity ...

Subject

Basal ganglia

Neuroscience

Psychology

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