Executive Functions in Frontotemporal Dementia and Lewy Body Dementia

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 765-777

  Johns, Erin K ^a   Phillips, Natalie A ^a,b   Belleville, Sylvie ^c   Goupil, Diane ^c   Babins, Lennie ^d   Kelner, Nora ^d   Ska, Bernadette ^c   Gilbert, Brigitte ^c   Inglis, Gary ^e   Panisset, Michel ^f   de Boysson, Chloé ^c   Chertkow, Howard ^d  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dementia; executive functioning; frontotemporal dementia; Lewy body dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 72149093221     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016792     Document Type: Article

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