Review of Cognitive Dysfunction in Fibromyalgia: A Convergence on Working Memory and Attentional Control Impairments

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-311

  Glass, Jennifer M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Dyscognition; Fibromyalgia; Neuropsychologic function; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGING; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; RECALL; REVIEW; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SYMPTOM; TACTILE STIMULATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM;

EID: 67651238727     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2009.06.002     Document Type: Review

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