Anatomical correlate of impaired covert visual attentional processes in patients with cerebellar lesions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3770-3776

  Baier, Bernhard ^a   Dieterich, Marianne ^a,b   Stoeter, Peter ^a   Birklein, Frank ^a   Müller, Notger G ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77949343610     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0487-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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