Isolated theory of mind deficits and risk for frontotemporal dementia: A longitudinal pilot study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 818-821

  Pardini, Matteo ^a,b   Gialloreti, Leonardo Emberti ^b,c   Mascolo, Maria ^a   Benassi, Francesca ^c   Abate, Lucia ^a   Guida, Silvia ^d   Viani, Erica ^a   Dal Monte, Olga ^e   Schintu, Selene ^f,g   Krueger, Frank ^h   Cocito, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Centre for Communication   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d Neuropsychiatric Rehabilitation Service 'Due Mari'   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^h GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RISK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84878765556     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-303684     Document Type: Article

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