Memory deficits in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are not exclusively caused by executive dysfunction: A comparative neuropsychological study of amnestic mild cognitive impairment

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Machts, Judith ^a   Bittner, Verena ^b   Kasper, Elisabeth ^a   Schuster, Christina ^a   Prudlo, Johannes ^a   Abdulla, Susanne ^a,b,c   Kollewe, Katja ^c   Petri, Susanne ^c   Dengler, Reinhard ^c   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a,b,d   Vielhaber, Stefan ^a,b   Schoenfeld, Mircea A ^b,d,e   Bittner, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Kliniken Schmieder   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALS; Cognitive neuropsychology; Episodic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMNESIA; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84903357095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-15-83     Document Type: Article

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