Cognitive function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-100

  Abe, Kazuo ^a   Fujimura, Harutoshi ^a   Toyooka, Keiko ^a   Sakoda, Saburo ^a   Yorifuji, Shiro ^a   Yanagihara, Takehiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

attention; executive function; medial frontal area; motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATROPHY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031149766     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)05338-5     Document Type: Article

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