Task-set switching deficits in early-stage Huntington's disease: Implications for basal ganglia function

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 629-642

  Aron, Adam R ^a   Watkins, Laura ^a   Sahakian, Barbara J ^a   Monsell, Stephen ^b   Barker, Roger A ^a   Robbins, Trevor W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0038441892     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2003.15.5.629     Document Type: Article

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