Motor and cognitive slowing in multiple sclerosis: An attentional deficit?

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-232

  Stoquart ElSankari, Soraya ^a   Bottin, Christine ^a   Roussel Pieronne, Martine ^a   Godefroy, Olivier ^a  

^a Amiens University Medical Center and Jules Verne University of Picardy   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Multiple sclerosis; Reaction time; Slowing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77249147332     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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