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Cognitive Control in Frontostriatal Disorders

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Mental and Behavioral Dysfunction in Movement Disorders

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There is now ample evidence that cognitive symptoms observed in striatal disorders bear strong similarities with those associated with frontal cortex lesions. The most characteristic cognitive deficits in frontostriatal disorders are cognitive control (executive control) deficits. Cognitive control symptoms affect functions such as attention, decisions, action planning, and retrieval from memory (1–6). These symptoms can easily be observed in patients with Huntington’s disease (HD) and in a majority of patients with parkinsonian syndromes. They also represent the most ubiquitous cognitive symptoms in psychiatric disorders.

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  1. Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada

    Marc-André Bédard MSc, PhD

  2. Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France

    Yves Agid MD, PhD

  3. Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

    Sylvain Chouinard MD  & Paul Lespérance MD, MSc  & 

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Richer, F., Chouinard, S. (2003). Cognitive Control in Frontostriatal Disorders. In: Bédard, MA., Agid, Y., Chouinard, S., Fahn, S., Korczyn, A.D., Lespérance, P. (eds) Mental and Behavioral Dysfunction in Movement Disorders. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-326-2_8

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