Selective attention is impaired in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - A study of event-related EEG potentials

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-35

  Vieregge, P ^a   Wauschkuhn, B ^a   Heberlein, I ^a   Hagenah, J ^a   Verleger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Event related potential; Frontal lobe function; Neuropsychology; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032905779     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(99)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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