Disturbed overt but normal covert shifts of attention in adult cerebellar patients

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1525-1535

  Golla, Heidrun ^a   Thier, Peter ^a   Haarmeier, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Cerebellum; Dysmetria; Psychophysics; Saccades

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SACCADES;

EID: 21944444372     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh523     Document Type: Article

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