Cognitive impairments associated with CFS and POTS

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 MAY, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Shanks, Lindzi ^a   Jason, Leonard A ^a   Evans, Meredyth ^a   Brown, Abigail ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84883767666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00113     Document Type: Article

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