Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 6-11 , January 2009

Learning and consolidation of visuo-motor adaptation in Parkinson's disease

  • Lucio Marinelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, CUNY Medical School, New York, NY, USA
    • Institute of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology and Genetics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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  • Domenica Crupi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, CUNY Medical School, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Alessandro Di Rocco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Marco Bove

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    • ,
  • David Eidelberg

      Affiliations

    • North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute, Manhasset, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Giovanni Abbruzzese

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology and Genetics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
    • ,
  • M. Felice Ghilardi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, CUNY Medical School, New York, NY, USA
    • Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Harris Hall H-210, CUNY Medical School, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA. Tel.: +1 212 650 5814; fax: +1 212 650 7726.

Received 11 January 2008 ,Revised 18 February 2008 ,Accepted 29 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.02.012

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 6-11 , January 2009

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