Preliminary evidence for correlation between PASAT performance and P3a and P3b amplitudes in progressive multiple sclerosis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 792-795

  Kiiski, H ^a   Whelan, R ^a   Lonergan, R ^b   Nolan, H ^a   Kinsella, K ^b   Hutchinson, M ^b   Tubridy, N ^b   Reilly, R B ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory event related potentials; Cognition; Multiple sclerosis; Neuropsychology; Visual event related potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PACED AUDITORY SERIAL ADDITION TEST; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 79954623000     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03172.x     Document Type: Article

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