Implicit and explicit aspects of sequence learning in pre-symptomatic Huntington's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 457-464

  Ghilardi, M F ^a,c   Silvestri, G ^d   Feigin, A ^b,c   Mattis, P ^b   Zgaljardic, D ^b   Moisello, C ^a   Crupi, D ^a   Marinelli, L ^e   DiRocco, A ^c   Eidelberg, D ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b North Shore Long Island Jewish Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ASL Roma B   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Energy saving strategy; Motor sequence; Reaching movements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SERIAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 49649104080     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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