Neuropsychological Tests

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Quality of life in nonorganic and organic sleep disorders: II. Correlation with objective and subjective quality of sleep and awakening.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study of 100 patients suffering from sleep-disorders was to determine correlations between their subjective health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and objective variables in sleep initiation and maintenance, sleep ...
Wolfgang Prause, Bernd Saletu, Peter Anderer, Georg Gruber, Henriette Löffler-Stastka, Gerhard Klösch, Magdalena Mandl, Elisabeth Grätzhofer, Gerda Saletu-Zyhlarz, Heinz Katschnig (Wien Klin Wochenschr, 200305)
quality-life-nonorganic-organic-sleep-disorders-ii-correlation.asp

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Effect of estrogen plus progestin on global cognitive function in postmenopausal women: the Womens Health Initiative Memory Study: a randomized controlled trial.

CONTEXT: Observational studies have suggested that postmenopausal hormone treatment may improve cognitive function, but data from randomized clinical trials have been sparse and inconclusive. The Womens Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) is an ...
Stephen R Rapp, Mark A Espeland, Sally A Shumaker, Victor W Henderson, Robert L Brunner, JoAnn E Manson, Margery L S Gass, Marcia L Stefanick, Dorothy S Lane, Jennifer Hays, Karen C Johnson, Laura H Coker, Maggie Dailey, Deborah Bowen, (JAMA, 200305)
effect-estrogen-plus-progestin-global-cognitive-function.asp

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A population based study on the intra and inter-rater reliability of the clock drawing test in Brazil: the Bambuí Health and Ageing Study.

BACKGROUND: Reliability should be considered when selecting a scoring system since it influences validity. CDT reliability has rarely been assessed in population based studies and in developing countries. The aim of the present study was to determine ...
Cíntia Fuzikawa, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa, Elizabeth Uchoa, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Ken Shulman, (Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 200305)
population-based-study-intra-inter-rater-reliability-clock-drawing.asp

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The effectiveness of quetiapine versus conventional antipsychotics in improving cognitive and functional outcomes in standard treatment settings.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effectiveness of quetiapine versus conventional antipsychotics in improving cognitive and functional outcomes. METHOD: Forty stable outpatients with DSM-IV schizophrenia treated in public outpatient clinics were randomly ...
Dawn I Velligan, Thomas J Prihoda, Dawen Sui, Janice L Ritch, Natalie Maples, Alexander L Miller (J Clin Psychiatry, 200305)
effectiveness-quetiapine-versus-conventional-antipsychotics-improving.asp

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of modality-specific and supramodal word processing.

The ability of written and spoken words to access the same semantic meaning provides a test case for the multimodal convergence of information from sensory to associative areas. Using anatomically constrained magnetoencephalography (aMEG), the present ...
Ksenija Marinkovic, Rupali P Dhond, Anders M Dale, Maureen Glessner, Valerie Carr, Eric Halgren (Neuron, 200305)
spatiotemporal-dynamics-modality-specific-supramodal-word-processing.asp

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Neurocognitive functioning in subjects with eating disorders: the influence of neuroactive steroids.

BACKGROUND: Neuropsychological studies in subjects with eating disorders (EDs) have reported conflicting findings, which might be accounted for by several confounding variables, including neuroendocrine changes. METHODS: General abilities, executive ...
Silvana Galderisi, Armida Mucci, Palmiero Monteleone, Daniela Sorrentino, Giuseppe Piegari, Mario Maj (Biol Psychiatry, 200305)
neurocognitive-functioning-subjects-eating-disorders-influence.asp

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Correlation of neuropsychological evaluation and SPECT imaging in patients with Alzheimers disease.

BACKGROUND: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a very useful tool for diagnosing changes in cognitive functions by the general practitioner or other medical staff who is not familiar with neuropsychological tests. On the other hand, HMPAO brain ...
Yair Lampl, Menahem Sadeh, Olga Laker, Mordechai Lorberboym (Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 200304)
correlation-neuropsychological-evaluation-spect-imaging-patients.asp

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Screening elderly patients in an outpatient ophthalmology clinic for dementia, depression, and functional impairment.

PURPOSE: To determine the feasibility of screening for depression, dementia, and functional impairment in an ophthalmology outpatient clinic. DESIGN: Prospective pilot survey study. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty consecutive ophthalmology clinic outpatients. ...
Andrew G Lee, Hilary A Beaver, Gerald Jogerst, Jeanette M Daly (Ophthalmology, 200304)
screening-elderly-patients-outpatient-ophthalmology-clinic-dementia.asp

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Normative data from the CANTAB. I: development of executive function over the lifespan.

The study of executive function within a developmental framework has proven integral to the advancement of knowledge concerning the acquisition and decline of higher skill processes. Still in its early stages, there exists a discontinuity in the ...
Cinzia R De Luca, Stephen J Wood, Vicki Anderson, Jo-Anne Buchanan, Tina M Proffitt, Kate Mahony, Christos Pantelis (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200304)
normative-data-cantab-development-executive-function-over-lifespan.asp

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MRS in relation to hippocampal volume in the oldest old.

The MRS brain metabolite ratio N-acetylaspartate (NAA)/myo-inositol (mI) is reported to be decreased in AD. MRS was used to study medial temporal and parietal regions in 60 cognitively healthy subjects older than 85 years. Subjects with small hippocampal ...
David C Spencer, Tracy Zitzelberger, Daniel Spielman, Jeffrey Kaye (Neurology, 200304)
mrs-relation-hippocampal-volume-oldest-old.asp