Memory interference in multiple sclerosis

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 737-746

  Griffiths, Stephanie Y ^a   Yamamoto, Aiko ^b   Boudreau, Vanessa G ^a   Ross, Leslie K ^c   Kozora, Elizabeth ^d,e   Thornton, Allen E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Demyelinating autoimmune diseases; Memory disorders; Neuropsychology; Semantics; Verbal learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 27744445254     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561770505085X     Document Type: Article

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