Neuropsychological Tests

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Biochemical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease by measuring the cerebrospinal fluid ratio of phosphorylated tau protein to beta-amyloid peptide42.

BACKGROUND: The antemortem diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD) requires time-consuming and costly procedures. Therefore, biochemical tests that can direct the physician rapidly to the correct diagnosis are highly desirable. Measurement of single ...
Alessia Maddalena, Andreas Papassotiropoulos, Britta Müller-Tillmanns, Hans H Jung, Thomas Hegi, Roger M Nitsch, Christoph Hock (Arch Neurol, 200309)
biochemical-diagnosis-alzheimer-disease-measuring-cerebrospinal-fluid.asp

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Psychological distress associated with severe lower-limb injury.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the psychological morbidity associated with limb-threatening injuries. It was hypothesized that a substantial proportion of patients who sustain a severe lower-limb injury will report serious psychological distress. ...
Melissa L McCarthy, Ellen J MacKenzie, David Edwin, Michael J Bosse, Renan C Castillo, Adam Starr, (J Bone Joint Surg Am, 200309)
psychological-distress-associated-severe-lower-limb-injury.asp

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Cerebrospinal fluid markers in dementia with lewy bodies compared with Alzheimer disease.

BACKGROUND: Most patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) exhibit diffuse plaque-only pathology with rare neocortical neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), as opposed to the widespread cortical neurofibrillary-tau involvement in Alzheimer disease (AD). ...
Estrella Gómez-Tortosa, Isabel Gonzalo, Samira Fanjul, Maria José Sainz, Susana Cantarero, Carlos Cemillán, Justo García Yébenes, Teodoro del Ser (Arch Neurol, 200309)
cerebrospinal-fluid-markers-dementia-lewy-bodies-compared-alzheimer.asp

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Higher cortisol levels following exposure to traumatic reminders in abuse-related PTSD.

Animal studies have found that prior stressful events can result in increased reactivity in the HPA-axis. However, baseline function of the HPA-axis has typically been normal or decreased in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The first purpose of ...
Bernet M Elzinga, Christian G Schmahl, Eric Vermetten, Richard van Dyck, J Douglas Bremner (Neuropsychopharmacology, 200309)
higher-cortisol-levels-following-exposure-traumatic-reminders-abuse.asp

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Functional effects of the DAT1 polymorphism on EEG measures in ADHD.

OBJECTIVE: This paper examines whether dopamine transporter gene (DAT1) allele status mediates medication-related change in cognitive and neurophysiological measures among children with attention-deficiency/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHOD: A single ...
Sandra K Loo, Elaine Specter, Andrew Smolen, Christian Hopfer, Peter D Teale, Martin L Reite (J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 200308)
functional-effects-dat-polymorphism-eeg-measures-adhd.asp

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Further standardization of some NES3 tests.

NES3 is a computer-based neurobehavioral testing system designed for use in investigating potential cognitive impairment. Data from NES3 tests employed in a study of epilepsy self-management were analyzed to estimate test-retest reliability for NES3 ...
Richard Letz, Colleen K DiIorio, Patricia O Shafer, Katherine A Yeager, Donald L Schomer, Thomas R Henry (Neurotoxicology, 200308)
standardization-nes-tests.asp

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Identifying potential surgical candidates in patients with evidence of bitemporal epilepsy.

PURPOSE: To determine which patients with evidence of medically refractory bitemporal epilepsy are potentially good candidates for surgical therapy. METHODS: We reviewed 42 adults with intractable seizures who were found to have bitemporal ictal onsets, ...
Mark D Holmes, Andrew N Miles, Carl B Dodrill, George A Ojemann, Alan J Wilensky (Epilepsia, 200308)
identifying-potential-surgical-candidates-patients-evidence.asp

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Counterfactual cognitive deficit in persons with Parkinsons disease.

BACKGROUND: Counterfactuals are mental representations of alternatives to past events. Recent research has shown them to be important for other cognitive processes, such as planning, causal reasoning, problem solving, and decision making-all processes ...
P McNamara, R Durso, A Brown, A Lynch (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 200308)
counterfactual-cognitive-deficit-persons-parkinson-s-disease.asp

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Exploring sex differences in the relationship between depressive symptoms and dementia incidence: prospective results from the PAQUID Study.

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the predictive relationship between depressive symptoms and 8-year dementia incidence in a large prospective community sample of French older adults and to compare the effect magnitude for men and women. DESIGN: Prospective ...
Rebecca Fuhrer, Carole Dufouil, Jean François Dartigues, (J Am Geriatr Soc, 200308)
exploring-sex-differences-relationship-depressive-symptoms-dementia.asp

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Is large-scale community memory screening feasible? Experience from a regional memory-screening day.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether a large-scale memory-screening program for community-dwelling elders would be successful in identifying individuals with a high probability of dementia in need of further assessment that would result in the earlier ...
Janet M Lawrence, Donald A Davidoff, Debra Katt-Lloyd, Alexa Connell, Yosef A Berlow, Jo Anne Savoie (J Am Geriatr Soc, 200308)
large-scale-community-memory-screening-feasible-experience-regional.asp