Electrophysiological correlates of attentional processes in patients with liver cirrhosis without minimal or clinically-overt hepatic encephalopathy

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-346

  Ciecko Michalska, I ^a   Binder, M ^b   Wyczesany, M ^b   Szewczyk, J ^b   Senderecka, M ^b   Wojcik, J ^b,c   Dziedzic, T ^a   Slowik, A ^a   Mach, T ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Józef Babi ski Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Cognitive functions; Electroencephalography; Eventrelated potentials; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK TASK; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTOCENTRAL N2 COMPONENT; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LAG FACTOR; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; P3B COMPONENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAVEFORM AMPLITUDE;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE;

EID: 84867786617     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: 18991505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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