Only subtle cognitive deficits in non-bulbar amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-339

  Röttig, Dörthe ^a   Leplow, Bernd ^a   Eger, Katharina ^a   Ludolph, Albert C ^b   Graf, Michael ^b   Zierz, Stephan ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cognition; Neuropsychology; Prefrontal cortex; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH;

EID: 33644939998     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0992-8     Document Type: Article

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