The role of the basal ganglia in the control of automatic visuospatial attention

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 657-667

  Fielding, Joanne ^a,b   Georgiou Karistianis, Nellie ^a   White, Owen ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Basal ganglia disorders; Huntington's disease; Inhibition; Parkinson's disease; Saccades

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; CABERGOLINE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; DOMPERIDONE; ENTACAPONE; FLUVOXAMINE; PERGOLIDE MESILATE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LATENT PERIOD; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 33749069662     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617706060784     Document Type: Article

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