Inhibitory dysfunction in frontotemporal dementia: A review

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-108

  O'Callaghan, Claire ^a,b   Hodges, John R ^a,b,c   Hornberger, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; disinhibition; frontotemporal dementia; inhibitory dysfunction; orbitofrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADAPTATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISTRACTIBILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INHIBITORY DYSFUNCTION; LANGUAGE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WORKING MEMORY;

FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84878875068     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e318265bbc9     Document Type: Review

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