Imitation in patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome - A behavioral study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 991-999

  Jonas, Melanie ^a   Thomalla, Götz ^a   Biermann Ruben, Katja ^b,c   Siebner, Hartwig Roman ^d,e   Müller Vahl, Kirsten ^f   Bäumer, Tobias ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^a   Schnitzler, Alfons ^b,c   Orth, Michael ^g   Münchau, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e NeuroImage Nord   (Germany)

^f HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action observation execution matching; Biological movement; Echophenomena; Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Imitation; Reaction time experiment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOURETTE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953484799     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22994     Document Type: Article

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