Semantic verbal fluency pattern, dementia rating scores and adaptive behavior correlate with plasma Aβ42concentrations in down syndrome young adults

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue NOVEMBER, 2015, Pages

  Del Hoyo, Laura ^a,b   Xicota, Laura ^a,c,d   Sánchez Benavides, Gonzalo ^a   Cuenca Royo, Aida ^a   de Sola, Susana ^a,c   Langohr, Klaus ^a,e   Fagundo, Ana B ^f,g   Farré, Magí ^a,b   Dierssen, Mara ^c,d,h   de la Torre, Rafael ^a,d,g  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^g Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^h CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Amyloid precursor protein; A ; Communication skills; DMR; Down syndrome; Semantic verbal fluency; Switching

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42];

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT SYSTEM SECOND EDITION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC VERBAL FLUENCY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH;

EID: 84947787127     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00301     Document Type: Article

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