Complex language functions and subcortical mechanisms: Evidence from Huntington's disease and patients with non-thalamic subcortical lesions

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 459-474

  Chenery, Helen J ^a   Copland, David A ^a   Murdoch, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; Language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; RATING SCALE; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036775489     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1368282021000007730     Document Type: Article

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