Do children with focal cerebellar lesions show deficits in shifting attention?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1856-1866

  Schoch, B ^a   Gorissen, B ^a   Richter, S ^a   Ozimek, A ^a   Kaiser, O ^a   Dimitrova, A ^a   Regel, J P ^a   Wieland, R ^a   Hovel M ^a   Gizewski, E ^a   Timmann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 4143094947     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00185.2004     Document Type: Article

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