Slowing of reaction time in Parkinsons disease: The involvement of the frontal lobes

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 787-795

  Berry, E L ^a   Nicolson, R I ^a   Foster, J K ^b   Behrmann, M ^c   Sagar, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive impairment; Parkinsons disease; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033021294     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00137-7     Document Type: Article

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