Regional frontal injuries cause distinct impairments in cognitive control

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1515-1523

  Alexander, M P ^a,b,c   Stuss, D T ^c,d   Picton, T ^c,d   Shallice, T ^c,e   Gillingham, S ^c,f  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SISSA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34247593862     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000261482.99569.fb     Document Type: Article

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