Working memory in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Auditory event-related potentials and neuropsychological evidence

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-206

  Volpato, Chiara ^a   Piccione, Francesco ^a   Silvoni, Stefano ^a   Cavinato, Marianna ^a   Palmieri, Arianna ^b   Meneghello, Francesca ^a   Birbaumer, Niels ^c  

^a IRCSS San Camillo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Auditory event related potentials; P300; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RATING SCALE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77953359267     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181e0aa14     Document Type: Article

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