Excellent cognitive performance despite massive cerebral white matter changes

Neuroradiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 749-752

  Duning, Thomas ^a   Kugel, Harald ^a   Knecht, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Cognitive reserve; Leuko araiosis; Neuropsychological testing; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27644508779     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-005-1420-6     Document Type: Article

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