Disruption to higher order processes in Friedreich ataxia

doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.09.009
Received 1 April 2009; revised 21 July 2009; accepted 11 September 2009. 

Available online 17 September 2009.

Joanne Fielding^{a, b, c,}, Louise Corben^{d, e}, Phillip Cremer^f, Lynette Millist^c, Owen White^{b, c} and Martin Delatycki^{d, g}

^aCentre for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
^bCentre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
^cDepartment of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
^dBruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Victoria, Australia
^eExperimental Neuropsychology Research Unit, School of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
^fRoyal North Shore Hospital, N.S.W., Australia
^gDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 Keywords: Friedreich ataxia (FRDA); cognition; saccades; cerebellum