Alzheimer's disease as a disconnection syndrome?

abstract：:Evidence for central nervous system, and more particularly cortical, etiology of anorexia nervosa is reviewed. Topics covered are neuropsychiatric comorbidity, inheritance patterns, the neurobiology of body-image disturbance and of the eating function, perinatal and alcoholic insult to the brain, neurochemical and neu...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Braun CM,Chouinard MJ

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) are highly prevalent among Veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These conditions are associated with common and unique neuropsychological and neuroanatomical changes. This review synthesizes neuropsychological and neuroimaging st...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Dolan S,Martindale S,Robinson J,Kimbrel NA,Meyer EC,Kruse MI,Morissette SB,Young KA,Gulliver SB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since S. Rao's ["Neuropsychology of Multiple Sclerosis: A Critical Review," A Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Vol. 85, pp. 503-542] (1986) seminal review, considerable research has been undertaken on the neuropsychological consequences of multiple sclerosis. This review incorporates the research ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Brassington JC,Marsh NV

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive rehabilitation therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are becoming more readily available to the geriatric population in an attempt to curb the insidious decline in cognitive and functional performance. However, people with AD may have difficulty adhering to these cognitive treatments due to denial of memory...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Choi J,Twamley EW

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults with Down syndrome (DS) are at a very high risk of developing early onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to trisomy of chromosome 21. AD is preceded by a prolonged prodromal "pre-clinical" phase presenting with clinical features that do not fulfil the diagnostic criteria for AD. It is important to clinically char...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Lautarescu BA,Holland AJ,Zaman SH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychology has customarily taken a molecular and myopic view of executive functioning, concentrating largely on those proximal processes of which it may be comprised. Although commendable as a starting point, such an approach can never answer the question, "Why executive functioning?" The present paper encourages...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Barkley RA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wernicke's Encephalopathy is an acute neuro-psychiatric condition caused by an insufficient supply of thiamine (Vitamin B1) to the brain. If undiagnosed or inadequately treated, it is likely to proceed to Korsakoff's Syndrome. Wernicke's Encephalopathy can result from dietary deficiency alone and this form is usually ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Thomson AD,Guerrini I,Marshall EJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium is a common neurobehavioral syndrome that occurs across health care settings which is associated with adverse outcomes, including death. There are limited data on long-term cognitive outcomes following delirium. This report reviews the literature regarding relationships between delirium and cognitive impairme...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Jackson JC,Gordon SM,Hart RP,Hopkins RO,Ely EW

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence over the past decade suggests that semantic deficits represent a consistent feature of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). A meta-analysis was performed to examine if semantic deficits are consistently found in patients with MCI. Studies meeting all inclusion criteria were selected for the current m...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Joubert S,Gardy L,Didic M,Rouleau I,Barbeau EJ

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The monetary incentive delay task breaks down reward processing into discrete stages for fMRI analysis. Here we look at anticipation of monetary gain and loss contrasted with neutral anticipation. We meta-analysed data from 15 original whole-brain group maps (n = 346) and report extensive areas of relative activation ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Wilson RP,Colizzi M,Bossong MG,Allen P,Kempton M,MTAC.,Bhattacharyya S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apraxia is one of the cognitive deficits that characterizes Alzheimer's disease. Despite its prevalence and relevance to diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, this topic has received little attention and is without comprehensive review. The review herein is aimed to fill this gap by first presenting an overview of the impai...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Lesourd M,Le Gall D,Baumard J,Croisile B,Jarry C,Osiurak F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper surveys the process approach literature with an emphasis on higher level cognitive functions like attention and concentration, learning and memory, and problem solving and executive functioning. In particular, it discusses organizational strategies and kinds of errors found on a variety of tests as well as ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Erickson RC

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wealth of empirical evidence is accumulating on the genetic mediation of brain structure phenotypes. This comes from twin studies that assess heritability and genetic covariance between traits, candidate gene associations, and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) that can identify specific genetic variants. Here w...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Strike LT,Couvy-Duchesne B,Hansell NK,Cuellar-Partida G,Medland SE,Wright MJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the population ages, the need for effective methods to maintain or even improve older adults' cognitive performance becomes increasingly pressing. Here we provide a brief review of the major intervention approaches that have been the focus of past research with healthy older adults (strategy training, multi-modal i...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Lustig C,Shah P,Seidler R,Reuter-Lorenz PA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intelligence testing has a long and revered history in psychological measurement in childhood. Yet, the years between infancy and early childhood have been understudied with respect to emergent intellectual and cognitive functioning. Factor analytic models of intelligence that have demonstrated applicability when test...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Baron IS,Leonberger KA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The publication of Luria's Neuropsychological Investigation (LNI) by Christensen in 1975 introduced Luria's evaluation procedures to worldwide neuropsychology. The LNI demonstrated the benefit of a thorough qualitative analysis of an individual patient's functioning as well as the usefulness of a comprehensive theory ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Christensen AL,Caetano C

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the amygdala as a salience detector and in emotional learning is now well accepted. The mechanisms that regulate and inhibit the amygdala, however, are less well understood. This review provides evidence from imaging and lesion studies to support the role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Andrewes DG,Jenkins LM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a vast and growing literature in psychology demonstrating the general limits of human judgment and clinical inference. These findings clearly apply in the new specialty of clinical neuropsychology, and there is little empirical research to support the widespread belief that judgmental accuracy correlates subs...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Wedding D

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is diagnosed on the basis of a triad of impairments in social interaction, communication, and flexible imaginative functions (with restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests; RRBIs). There has been a strong presumption that these different features of the syndrome are strongly intertwined and proceed fro...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Happé F,Ronald A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sport-related concussion (SRC) is managed primarily through serial clinical evaluations throughout recovery. However, studies suggest that clinical measures may not be suitable to detect subtle alterations in functioning and are limited by numerous internal and external factors. Electroencephalography (EEG) has been u...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Corbin-Berrigan LA,Teel E,Vinet SA,P De Koninck B,Guay S,Beaulieu C,De Beaumont L

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 5 years, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) has begun to provide new evidence about the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on white matter development. DTI, which examines microstructural tissue integrity, is sensitive to more subtle white matter abnormalities than traditional volumetric MRI methods. Thus ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Wozniak JR,Muetzel RL

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with schizophrenia demonstrate marked impairments on most clinical neuropsychological tests. These findings suggest that patients suffer from a generalized form of cognitive impairment, with little evidence of spared performance documented in several large meta-analytic reviews of the clinical literature. In ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Gold JM,Hahn B,Strauss GP,Waltz JA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norman Geschwind's landmark paper in 1965, "Disconnexion Syndromes in Animals and Man," inspired a generation of investigators to consider the effects of focal brain lesions disrupting higher brain functions. Although Geschwind viewed disconnection as resulting from either white or gray matter lesions, his signature a...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Filley CM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few decades, research has established that the cerebellum is involved in executive functions; however, its specific role remains unclear. There are numerous theories of cerebellar function and numerous cognitive processes falling under the umbrella of executive function, making investigations of the cere...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Clark SV,Semmel ES,Aleksonis HA,Steinberg SN,King TZ

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This review synthesized current literature of behavioral and cognitive studies targeting reward processing in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The National Institute of Mental Health's Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Positive Valence System (PVS) domain was used as an overarching framework. The objectives were to deter...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Tschida JE,Yerys BE

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Research pertaining to the self-report of symptoms after traumatic brain injury was reviewed. Cognitive, emotional, and motivational factors have more relevance than demographic (except for female sex) and personality factors. Specific neuropsychological deficits in attention and memory have been found in the early st...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Gasquoine PG

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The achievements of Henry Hécaen, Oliver Zangwill, Hans-Lukas Teuber, and Norman Geschwind are reviewed. Each made an enormously significant contribution to the form and content of the field of neuropsychology as we know it today. ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Benton A

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this brief review is to prepare readers who may be unfamiliar with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and the rapidly accumulating changes in the epidemic by providing an introduction to HIV disease and its treatment. The general concepts presented here will faci...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Ellis RJ,Calero P,Stockin MD

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of motor functioning in young children has become increasingly important in recent years with the acknowledgement that motor impairment is linked with cognitive, language, social and emotional difficulties. However, there is no one gold standard assessment tool to investigate motor ability in children. ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Piek JP,Hands B,Licari MK

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several obstacles exist that impede the scientific study of pathological underarousal (stupor and coma). For instance, there is a lack of a clear, rational, standardized taxonomy with which to describe the phenomenon. Moreover, there is considerable confusion of the construct of arousal with other neurobehavioral cons...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Stanczak DE

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00