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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 68:381-384 doi:10.1136/jnnp.68.3.381
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Improvement of memory guided saccades in parkinsonian patients by high frequency subthalamic nucleus stimulation

Table 2

Saccade parameters

Visually guided saccades Antisaccades Memory guided saccades
Latency (ms) Mean (SD) Gain Mean (SD) Latency (ms) Mean (SD) % Errors Mean (range) Latency (ms) Mean (SD) First gain Mean (SD) Final gain Mean (SD)
Patients: 2-150
 STN on 201 (45) 0.95 (0.03) 347 (85) 6.6 (0–29) 385 (68) 0.91 (0.12) 0.95 (0.09)
2-160 2-150 2-164 2-150 2-151 ‡‡
 STN off 220 (71) 0.94 (0.04) 382 (75) 7.7 (0–29) 406 (80) 0.77 (0.19) 0.87 (0.15)
Controls 180 (44) 0.94 (0.02) 278 (70) 7 (0–17) 332 (65) 0.91 (0.04) 0.92 (0.06)
  • Comparison with the control group:

  • 2-150 p<0.05;

  • 2-160 (p<0.01). Comparison between “STN on” and “STN off” conditions in PD patients:

  • 2-151 p<0.05;

  • 2-164 p<0.001. Comparison between the first gain and the final gain ‡‡(p<0.01).

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