Executive functions in patients with depression. The role of prefrontal activaton;Exekutive funktionen bei depressiven patienten. Zur rolle der präfrontalen aktivierung

Nervenarzt

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 628-640

  Vasic, Nenad ^a   Wolf, R C ^a   Walter, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; Depression; Executive deficits; Hyperfrontality; Limbic cortical network

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 34548505008     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-006-2240-6     Document Type: Review

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