Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 457-464 , August 2008

Implicit and explicit aspects of sequence learning in pre-symptomatic Huntington's disease

  • M.F. Ghilardi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Harris Hall H-210, CUNY Medical School, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA
    • Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Harris Hall H-210, CUNY Medical School, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA. Tel.: +1 212 650 5814; fax: +1 212 650 7726.
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  • G. Silvestri

      Affiliations

    • SSN ASL RmC Roma, Italy
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  • A. Feigin

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neuroscience, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute, Manhasset, NY, USA
    • Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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  • P. Mattis

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neuroscience, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute, Manhasset, NY, USA
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  • D. Zgaljardic

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neuroscience, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute, Manhasset, NY, USA
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  • C. Moisello

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Harris Hall H-210, CUNY Medical School, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA
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  • D. Crupi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Harris Hall H-210, CUNY Medical School, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA
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  • L. Marinelli

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology and Genetics, University of Genova, Italy
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  • A. DiRocco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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  • D. Eidelberg

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neuroscience, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute, Manhasset, NY, USA
    • Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Received 1 August 2007 ,Revised 9 November 2007 ,Accepted 20 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.11.009

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
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