Verbal fluency and executive dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 734-747

  Abrahams, S ^a   Leigh, P N ^a   Harvey, A ^a   Vythelingum, G N ^a   Grise D ^a   Goldstein, L H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Motor neurone disease; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEMORY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033977111     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00146-3     Document Type: Article

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