Neuropsychological changes in patients with primary lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 150-160

  Piquard, Ambre ^a   Le Forestier, Nadine ^a   Baudoin Madec, Véronique ^a   Delgadillo, Daniel ^a   Salachas, François ^a   Pradat, Pierre François ^a   Derouesné, Christlan ^a   Meininger, Vincent ^a   Lacomblez, Lucette ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Executive functions; Prefrontal cortex functions; Premotor cortex functions; Primary lateral sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GESTURE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISION;

EID: 33750459702     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960600680371     Document Type: Article

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