Frontal lobe dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A PET study

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2105-2120

  Abrahams, Sharon ^a   Goldstein, L H ^a   Kew, J J M ^c   Brooks, D J ^c   Lloyd, C M ^b   Frith, C D ^c,d   Leigh, P N ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALS; Cognitive impairment; Frontal lobes; PET; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030479608     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.6.2105     Document Type: Article

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