Cognitive changes in the spinocerebellar ataxias due to expanded polyglutamine tracts: A survey of the literature

Brain Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Lindsay, Evelyn ^a   Storey, Selsdon ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy; Expanded polyglutamine tracts; Neuropsychological changes; Spinocerebellar ataxias

Indexed keywords

POLYGLUTAMINE;

BASAL FOREBRAIN; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DYSARTHRIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION TEST; EXPANDED POLYGLUTAMINE TRACT ATAXIA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAIL MAKING TEST; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 85025667532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci7070083     Document Type: Review

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