The effect of Huntington's disease and Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome on the ability to hold and shift attention

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 843-851

  Georgiou, Nellie ^a   Bradshaw, John L ^a   Phillips, Jim G ^a   Chiu, Edmond ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Basal ganglia; Huntington's disease; Tourette's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RESPONSE TIME; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029929898     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00170-0     Document Type: Article

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