"Real life" executive deficits in patients with focal vascular lesions affecting the cerebellum

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 95-98

  Manes, Facundo ^a,b,c   Villamil, Agustina Ruiz ^b   Ameriso, Sebastián ^b   Roca, María ^a,b,c   Torralva, Teresa ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE NEUROLOGY INECO   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Neurologicas Raul Carrera   (Argentina)

^c FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cognition; Ecological tests; Executive deficits; Executive functions; Neuropsychology; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKWARD DIGITS SPAN TEST; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE ERRANDS TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; REY COMPLEX FIGURE TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST OF ATTENTIONAL PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORD ACCENTUATION TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 67650188166     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.02.316     Document Type: Article

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