Alexithymia and apathy in Parkinson's disease: Neurocognitive correlates

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 535-545

  Bogdanova, Yelena ^a   Cronin Golomb, Alice ^a  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC; basal ganglia; frontostriatal; Non motor symptoms; right hemisphere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; APATHY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; THALAMUS; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACC; BASAL GANGLIA; FRONTOSTRIATAL; NON-MOTOR SYMPTOMS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; APATHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84887028955     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/682393     Document Type: Article

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