Impaired response inhibition in ill Gulf War veterans

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Tillman, Gail D ^a   Green, Timothy A ^a   Ferree, Thomas C ^b   Calley, Clifford S ^a   Maguire, Mandy J ^a   Briggs, Richard ^b   Hart Jr , John ^a   Haley, Robert W ^b   Kraut, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; ERP; Frontal lobe; GO NOGO; Gulf War Illness; N2 P3; Semantic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VETERAN; WAR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; REACTION TIME; VETERANS;

EID: 77956678637     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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