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Dysfunctions of automatic (P300a) and controlled (P300b) processing in Parkinson's disease
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Dysfunctions of automatic (P300a) and controlled (P300b) processing in Parkinson's disease

Jim Lagopoulos, E Gordon, H Barhamali, C L Lim, W M Li, P Clouston and J G L Morris
Neurological Research, Vol.20(1), pp.5-10
1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01616412.1998.11740476
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Abstract

P300 Event Related Potentials components (P300a and P300b) were investigated using an auditory oddball paradigm (with a button press response to target stimuli) in 15 Parkinson's disease patients and 50 normal controls whilst simultaneously measuring electrodermal activity. Cluster analysis showed that the first 10 target stimuli generated the largest skin conductance responses. The first 10 single-trial ERP epochs were therefore analysed as an ERP sub-average for each individual. The P300a component (associated with the automatic Orienting Reflex') was expected to be most prevalent in this sub-average (compared with sub-averages of subsequent blocks of 10 target stimuli). Twenty-nine out of 50 normal controls (58%) elicited a P300a in the first 10 target sub-average, compared with only 2 out of 15 Parkinson's disease subjects (13%). The conventional P300b component (associated with controlled processing) was found to be significantly preliminary for all sub-averages for the Parkinson's disease group when compared with controls. These findings suggest a possible dysfunction in both automatic and controlled processing in this disorder.

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