Neuropsychological features of patients with spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) types 1, 2, 3, and 6

Cerebellum

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-442

  Klinke, Ina ^a,b,c   Minnerop, Martina ^a,c,d   Schmitz Hübsch, Tanja ^a   Hendriks, Marc ^b   Klockgether, Thomas ^a   Wüllner, Ullrich ^a   Helmstaedter, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Brain Imaging Center West   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Cerebellum; Cognition; Executive functions; Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 1; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 2; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 3; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 6; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 78049288094     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-010-0183-8     Document Type: Article

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