title: Colour discrimination thresholds in Parkinson's disease: results obtained with a rapid computer-controlled colour vision test.
abstract: A dysfunction of dopaminergic retinal neurons is thought to occur in Parkinson's disease, manifesting itself in impaired performance on various visual discrimination tasks. We have investigated whether differences in colour discrimination could readily be detected between a normal group and a Parkinsonian group, using a computer-controlled test of colour vision. Although some individual Parkinsonian patients showed an abnormal elevation of colour discrimination thresholds, there was no significant difference between the normal group and the Parkinsonian group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK. bcr1001@cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Freudenthaler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kolle
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mollon
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Paulus
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003119:Color Perception Tests / Q000379:methods; D004056:Differential Threshold; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*