Cognitive Deterioration and Functional Compensation in ALS Measured with fMRI Using an Inhibitory Task

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 14260-14271

  Witiuk, Kelsey ^a   Fernandez Ruiz, Juan ^b   McKee, Ryan ^c   Alahyane, Nadia ^a   Coe, Brian C ^a   Melanson, Michel ^c   Munoz, Douglas P ^a,c,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Antisaccade; Cognitive control; fMRI; Prefrontal cortex; Task set

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADAPTATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 84908065865     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1111-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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