Writing errors in ALS related to loss of neuronal integrity in the anterior cingulate gyrus

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 315, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 55-59

  Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Tsuji Akimoto, Sachiko ^a   Shiga, Tohru ^a   Hamada, Shinsuke ^a   Hirata, Kenji ^a   Otsuki, Mika ^b   Kuge, Yuji ^a   Tamaki, Nagara ^a   Sasaki, Hidenao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Anterior cingulate gyrus; Cognitive dysfunction; PET; Writing error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BINDING POTENTIAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAL INTEGRITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; WESTERN APHASIA BATTERY; WRITING; WRITING ERROR; WRITING ERROR INDEX;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WRITING;

EID: 84858000281     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.11.039     Document Type: Article

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