Attentional Control of Gait and Falls: Is Cholinergic Dysfunction a Common Substrate in the Elderly and Parkinson’s Disease?

The aim of this study was to address whether deficits in the central cholinergic activity may contribute to the increased difficulty to allocate attention during gait in the elderly with heightened risk of falls. We recruited 50 participants with a history of two or more falls (33 patients with Park...

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Main Authors: Pelosin, Elisa, Ogliastro, Carla, Lagravinese, Giovanna, Bonassi, Gaia, Mirelman, Anat, Hausdorff, Jeffrey M., Abbruzzese, Giovanni, Avanzino, Laura
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4860418/