Neuropsychological Tests

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Sertraline treatment of elderly patients with depression and cognitive impairment.

BACKGROUND: There is little information on the efficacy and side effects of antidepressant treatment in elderly patients with combined depression and cognitive impairment without dementia (DEP-MCI), and it is unclear if cognitive performance improves ...
D P Devanand, Gregory H Pelton, Kristin Marston, Yesenia Camacho, Steven P Roose, Yaakov Stern, Harold A Sackeim (Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 200302)
sertraline-treatment-elderly-patients-depression-cognitive-impairment.asp

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Validation of a Spanish translation of the CLOX for use in Hispanic samples: the Hispanic EPESE study.

OBJECTIVES: Clock drawing tests (CDT) appear to be less vulnerable to linguistic, cultural, or educational bias than traditional dementia screening instruments. We investigated a Spanish language translation of CLOX: an executive CDT, in a community ...
Donald R Royall, David V Espino, Marsha J Polk, Regina Verdeja, Sandra Vale, Hector Gonzales, Raymond R Palmer, Kyriakos P Markides (Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 200302)
validation-spanish-translation-clox-hispanic-samples-hispanic-epese.asp

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Prevalence and correlates of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in community-dwelling elders with dementia or mild cognitive impairment: the Memory and Medical Care Study.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the prevalence and correlates of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms of dementia in community-dwelling elders with dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). METHODS: 512 people with Mini-Mental State Examination ...
Ding-Cheng Chan, Judith D Kasper, Betty S Black, Peter V Rabins (Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 200302)
prevalence-correlates-behavioral-psychiatric-symptoms-community.asp

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Neural correlates of cross-modal binding.

Little is known about how the brain binds together signals from multiple sensory modalities to produce unified percepts of objects and events in the external world. Using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in humans, we measured ...
Khalafalla O Bushara, Takashi Hanakawa, Ilka Immisch, Keiichiro Toma, Kenji Kansaku, Mark Hallett (Nat Neurosci, 200302)
neural-correlates-cross-modal-binding.asp

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Prevalence of cognitive impairment amongst Singapores elderly Chinese: a community-based study using the ECAQ and the IQCODE.

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the prevalence of cognitive impairment in the elderly Chinese living in the Queenstown district of Singapore using two locally-validated cognitive screening instruments: the Elderly Cognitive Assessment Questionnaire ...
Hsien Jer Lim, Joy Ping Ping Lim, Philomena Anthony, Donald Hong Huang Yeo, Suresh Sahadevan (Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 200302)
prevalence-cognitive-impairment-amongst-singapore-s-elderly-chinese.asp

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Increased hepatocyte growth factor level in cerebrospinal fluid in Alzheimers disease.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), also known as the scatter factor, is a potent mitogen for mature hepatocytes, and also has multifunctional effects on some cells in various organs. Recently, we have found expression and ...
Y Tsuboi, K Kakimoto, M Nakajima, H Akatsu, T Yamamoto, K Ogawa, T Ohnishi, Y Daikuhara, T Yamada (Acta Neurol Scand, 200302)
increased-hepatocyte-growth-factor-level-cerebrospinal-fluid.asp

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Theory of mind deficits in bipolar affective disorder.

BACKGROUND: Bipolar affective disorder patients often show cognitive deficits that are similar to those found in schizophrenia patients. Theory of mind (the ability to understand others mental states) is compromised in currently ill schizophrenia ...
Natalie Kerr, Robin I M Dunbar, Richard P Bentall (J Affect Disord, 200302)
theory-mind-deficits-bipolar-affective-disorder.asp

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Healthy older adult performance on a modified version of the Cognistat (NCSE): demographic issues and preliminary normative data.

Normative data for a healthy sample of older adults (n = 108) ranging in age from 60 to 96 are provided for the Cognistat, a mental status exam previously known as the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (NCSE). A Cognistat Composite Score is ...
Daniel L Drane, Robert L Yuspeh, Justin S Huthwaite, Lacey K Klingler, Lori M Foster, Marty Mrazik, Bradley N Axelrod (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200302)
healthy-older-adult-performance-modified-version-cognistat-ncse-.asp

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Clustering and switching in phonemic fluency following pallidotomy for the treatment of Parkinsons disease.

Phonemic fluency impairments have been reported as one of the most consistent cognitive declines following pallidotomy for the treatment of Parkinsons disease. In 39 pallidotomy patients, we evaluated two dissociable processes involved in phonemic ...
Michele K York, Harvey S Levin, Robert G Grossman, Eugene C Lai, Joachim K Krauss (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200302)
clustering-switching-phonemic-fluency-following-pallidotomy-treatment.asp

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The relations between cognition and the independent living skill of shopping in people with schizophrenia.

A great deal of interest has developed regarding the impact of cognitive deficits on the everyday functioning of people with schizophrenia. This study examined the relationships between cognitive functioning and the performance of a specific independent ...
Melisa V Rempfer, Edna K Hamera, Catana E Brown, Rue L Cromwell (Psychiatry Res, 200302)
relations-cognition-independent-living-skill-shopping-people.asp