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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Fine aiming task was studied quantitatively in 20 patients with spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) and 8 normal control subjects, utilizing a manual control system with random-step input signal. The transfer function of the system was an integral function and ability to perform a 'differentiating action' compensating for this integral function was analyzed. This 'differentiating action' was defective in all patients with SCD and was normal in all control subjects. A display of the dynamic characteristics of subjects on the plane defined by principal component analysis of the parameters showed definite delineation of the characteristics of patients from those of the controls. The intramuscular injection of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) resulted in an increase in amplitude of manipulation, a shortening of reaction time and consequently an improvement in motor disabilities in 65% of 20 patients with SCD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0040-8727
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
139
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
331-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Motor disabilities and effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone on ataxia of spinocerebellar degeneration.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't