Quantitative Electroencephalography in Frontotemporal Dementia with Methylphenidate Response: A Case Study

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 108-111

  Goforth, Harold W ^a   Konopka, Lukasz ^a   Primeau, Margaret ^a   Ruth, Amity ^a   O'donnell, Kathleen ^b   Patel, Roopal ^c   Poprawski, Teresa ^a   Shirazi, Parvez ^b   Rao, Murali ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontotemporal Dementia; LORETA; Methylphenidate; Quantitative EEG; SPECT

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; METHYLPHENIDATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 2442446614     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940403500212     Document Type: Article

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