Neural correlates of cognitive decline in ALS: An fNIRS study of the prefrontal cortex

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-121

  Kuruvilla, Mili S ^a   Green, Jordan R ^b   Ayaz, Hasan ^c   Murman, Daniel L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; Cognition; fNIRS; Functional near infrared spectroscopy; N back

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TISSUE OXYGENATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 84878668190     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2013.797889     Document Type: Article

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