Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 397-407 , March 2008

Fronto-striatal deficit in Parkinson's disease during semantic event sequencing

  • Sule Tinaz

      Affiliations

    • Center for Memory and Brain, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, United States
    • ,
  • Haline E. Schendan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, United States
    • Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States
    • ,
  • Chantal E. Stern

      Affiliations

    • Center for Memory and Brain, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, United States
    • Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Boston University, Center for Memory and Brain, 2 Cummington Street, Room 109, Boston, MA 02215, United States. Tel.: +1 617 353 1396; fax: +1 617 358 3296.

Received 14 June 2006 ,Revised 15 October 2006 ,Accepted 27 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.10.025

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 397-407 , March 2008

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