Rule violation errors are associated with right lateral prefrontal cortex atrophy in neurodegenerative disease

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 354-364

  Possin, Katherine I ^a,c   Brambati, Simona M ^b   Rosen, Howard J ^a   Johnson, Julene K ^a   Pa, Judy ^a   Weiner, Michael W ^a   Miller, Bruce I ^a   Kramer, Joel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Executive functioning; Frontal lobe; Inhibition; Neuropsychological assessment; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67651165435     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561770909050X     Document Type: Article

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