Decreased functional brain activation in Friedreich ataxia using the Simon effect task

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-208

  Georgiou Karistianis, N ^a   Akhlaghi, H ^b   Corben, L A ^a,c   Delatycki, M B ^c,d   Storey, E ^a   Bradshaw, J L ^a   Egan, G F ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Cerebellum; FMRI; Friedreich ataxia; Simon effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMON EFFECT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860218370     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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