Tools and talk: An evolutionary perspective on the functional deficits associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 469-477

  Eisen, Andrew ^a   Turner, Martin R ^b   Lemon, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Frontotemporal dementia; Mirror neurons; Motor neuron disease; Split hand

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GESTURE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LOCOMOTION; MIRROR NEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SOCIALIZATION; SWALLOWING; THEORY OF MIND; VOCALIZATION;

EVOLUTION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; SPLIT HAND;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; SPEECH; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84896123665     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24132     Document Type: Article

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