Table 2

Saccade parameters

Visually guided saccadesAntisaccadesMemory 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 on201 (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 off220 (71)0.94 (0.04)382 (75)7.7 (0–29)406 (80)0.77 (0.19)0.87 (0.15)
Controls180 (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).