Semantic and Phonemic Verbal Fluency in Parkinson’s Disease: Influence of Clinical and Demographic Variables

Changes of cognitive function in PD have been extensively documented and defined as a ‘frontal’ type executive dysfunction. One of the main components of this executive dysfunction is the impairment of verbal fluency. The aim of the present study was to assess semantic and phonemic fluency in a larg...

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Main Authors: Ignacio Obeso, Enrique Casabona, Maria Luisa Bringas, Lázaro Álvarez, Marjan Jahanshahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2011-0354