Cognitive impairments due to focal cerebellar injuries in adults

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 980-990

  Alexander, Michael P ^a,b,c   Gillingham, Susan ^c   Schweizer, Tom ^d,e,f   Stuss, Donald T ^c,f  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellar disorder; Cognitive control; Executive control; Prefrontal impairments; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BENIGN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WELLBEING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84862527093     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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