A neurophysiological analysis of working memory in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Brain Research

Volumn 1421, Issue , 2011, Pages 90-99

  Hammer, Anke ^a   Vielhaber, Stefan ^b   Rodriguez Fornells, Antoni ^c,d   Mohammadi, Bahram ^a   Münte, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ALS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Event related potential; Frontal cortex; Frontal lobe; Nogo; Object; Spatial; Spatial information; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 80055006961     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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