Disturbance of real space navigation in moderately advanced but not in early Huntington's disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 86-91

  Majerová, Veronika ^a   Kalinčík, Tomáš ^a   Laczó, Jan ^b,c   Vyhnálek, Martin ^b,c   Hort, Jakub ^b,c   Bojar, Martin ^b   Růžička, Evžen ^a   Roth, Jan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^c ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allocentric navigation; Blue Velvet Arena; Egocentric navigation; Hippocampus; Morris Water Maze; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEURONAVIGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84155165280     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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