Reduced working memory span in Parkinson's disease: Evidence for the role of a frontostriatal system in working and strategic memory

Neuropsychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 322-332

  Gabrieli, John D E ^a,b   Singh, Jaswinder ^c   Stebbins, Glenn T ^a   Goetz, Christopher G ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029950048     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.10.3.321     Document Type: Article

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