Prefrontal cognitive dysfunction following brainstem lesion

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-382

  Salgado, João Vinícius ^a   Costa Silva, Melissa ^b   Malloy Diniz, Leandro Fernandes ^a   Siqueira, José Maurício ^c   Teixeira, Antônio Lúcio ^b  

^a FUMEC UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL FELÍCIO ROCHO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cognition; Methylphenidate; Monoaminergic systems; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MESENCEPHALON; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; ATTENTION; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33947301628     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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