Spreading activation of lexical-semantic networks in Parkinson's disease

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1908-1914

  Foster, Paul S ^a,b   Drago, Valeria ^b,c   FitzGerald, David B ^f   Skoblar, Barry M ^g   Crucian, Gregory P ^d,e   Heilman, Kenneth M ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e BURWOOD HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f Brain Rehabilitation Research Center   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lexical; Neuropsychology; Parkinson's disease; Spreading activation

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS ENTACAPONE PLUS LEVODOPA; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PRAMIPEXOLE; ROPINIROLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; SEMANTICS; SPREADING ACTIVATION THEORY; THEORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROL GROUPS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 44349093579     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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