Abnormal semantic processing in females with fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-162

  Yang, J C ^a,b   Simon, C ^a,b   Schneider, A ^b,c   Seritan, A L ^a   Hamilton, L ^a,b   Hagerman, P J ^a   Hagerman, R J ^b,c   Olichney, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Medical Investigations of Neurodevelopmental Disorders ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Fragile X premutation; FXTAS; Memory; N400; P600; Semantic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISORIENTATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X ASSOCIATED TREMOR ATAXIA SYNDROME; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR; VERBAL MEMORY;

FEMALE; FRAGILE X PREMUTATION; FXTAS; MEMORY; N400; P600; SEMANTIC;

AGED; ATAXIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREMOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84892981731     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12114     Document Type: Article

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