Is there a 'subcortical' profile of attentional dysfunction? A comparison of patients with Huntington's and Parkinson's diseases on a global-local focused attention task

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 873-884

  Roman, Mary J ^a   Delis, Dean C ^a,b   Filoteo, J Vincent ^c   Demadura, Theresa L ^a,b   Paulsen, Jane ^a,b   Swerdlow, Neal R ^a,b   Swenson, Michael R ^a,b   Salmon, David ^a,b   Butters, Nelson ^a,b   Shults, Clifford ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032468401     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.20.6.873.1111     Document Type: Article

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