Grammaticality judgments and sentence comprehension in parkinson's disease: A comparison with Broca's aphasia

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 151-166

  Mcnamara, Patrick ^a   Krueger, Mary ^a   O'Quin, Karen ^b   Clark, Jill ^b   Durso, Raymon ^c  

^a Vision House   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aphasia; basal ganglia; comprehension; dopamine; Parkinson's Disease; pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030184188     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459608986706     Document Type: Article

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