Cognitive findings after transient global amnesia: Role of prefrontal cortex

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 212-217

  Le Pira, Francesco ^a   Giuffrida, Salvatore ^a   Maci, Tiziana ^a   Reggio, Ester ^a   Zappalà, Giuseppe ^b   Perciavalle, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Memory; Neuropsychology; Planning; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE RECOVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PLANNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REY OSTERRIETH COMPLEX FIGURE TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 31144453437     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an1204_5     Document Type: Article

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