Increased cortical recruitment in Huntington's disease using a Simon task

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1791-1800

  Georgiou Karistianis, Nellie ^a   Sritharan, Anusha ^a   Farrow, Maree ^b   Cunnington, Ross ^b,c   Stout, Julie ^d   Bradshaw, John ^a   Churchyard, Andrew ^e   Brawn, Tamara Leigh ^b   Chua, Phyllis ^a   Chiu, Edmond ^b   Thiruvady, Dhananjay ^f   Egan, Gary ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compensation; fMRI; Huntington's disease; Hyperactivation; Simon task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PRECENTRAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; SIMON TASK; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33847727473     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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