Insight into the relationship between brain/behavioral speed and variability in patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 287-297

  Schiff, S ^a,b   D'Avanzo, C ^a   Cona, G ^a   Goljahani, A ^a   Montagnese, S ^a   Volpato, C ^b   Gatta, A ^a   Sparacino, G ^a   Amodio, P ^a   Bisiacchi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intra individual variability of RTs; Minimal hepatic encephalopathy; Simon task; Single trial P300

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

INTRA-INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY OF RTS; MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; SIMON TASK; SINGLE-TRIAL P300;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84892488319     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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