Working memory in Parkinson's disease patients: Clinical features and response to levodopa

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 2 A, 2008, Pages 147-151

  Beato, Rogério ^a,b   Levy, Richard ^a   Pillon, Bernard ^a   Vidal, Christine ^a   Du Montcel, Sophie Tezenas ^a   Deweer, Bernard ^a   Bonnet, Anne Marie ^a   Houeto, Jean Luc ^a   Dubois, Bruno ^a   Cardoso, Francisco ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Levodopa; Parkinson's disease; Striatum; Working memory

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 45849084587     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000200001     Document Type: Article

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