Longitudinal study of cognitive and psychiatric functions in spinocerebellar ataxia types 1 and 2

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3134-3143

  Fancellu, Roberto ^a,b   Paridi, Dominga ^a   Tomasello, Chiara ^a   Panzeri, Marta ^a   Castaldo, Anna ^a   Genitrini, Silvia ^a   Soliveri, Paola ^a   Girotti, Floriano ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b VILLA SCASSI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apathy; Cognitive functions; Depression; Executive functions; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 1; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 2; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; UNIFIED HUNTINGTON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VERBAL MEMORY; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 84890693866     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-7138-1     Document Type: Article

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