How do patients with Parkinson’s disease and cerebellar ataxia read aloud? -Eye–voice coordination in text reading
Yasuo Terao,
Shin-ichi Tokushige,
Satomi Inomata-Terada
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundThe coordination between gaze and voice is closely linked when reading text aloud, with the gaze leading the reading position by a certain eye–voice lead (EVL). How this coordination is affected is unknown in patients with cerebellar ataxia and parkinsonism, who show oculomotor deficits possibly impacting coordination between different effectors.ObjectiveTo elucidate the role of the cerebellum and basal ganglia in eye–voice coordination during reading aloud, by studying patients with Parkinson’s dise… Show more
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