On the interaction between perceptual and response selection: neuropsychological evidence.

abstract：:A 51-year-old right-handed man developed hypersexuality after a second right temporal lobectomy to treat epilepsy. His hypersexuality started with increased marital intercourse and masturbation but he later downloaded child pornography. Hyperphagia and distractibility, other features of the Kluver-Bucy syndrome, also ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Devinsky J,Sacks O,Devinsky O

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the case of a patient, M.P., who developed delusion of inanimate doubles, without Capgras syndrome, after traumatic brain injury. His delusional symptoms were studied longitudinally and the cognitive impairments associated with delusion were investigated. Data suggest that M.P. did 'perceive' the ac...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Abbate C,Trimarchi PD,Salvi GP,Quarenghi AM,Vergani C,Luzzatti C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degree of abnormality and rate of change in cognitive functions, positron emission tomography Pittsburg compound B (PET PIB), and fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) measures were studied for 8 years in an autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease (AD) patient, who died 61 years old (Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score 7)...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Almkvist O,Kadir A,Nordberg A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Debates about the role of language in human thinking are increasingly prominent in the cognitive sciences. There are claims that certain forms of reasoning can only be performed through access to the resources of the language faculty. In particular, a component of social cognition involving the representation of the m...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Varley R,Siegal M,Want SC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the neural systems that support number processing in a patient (JL) who had damage to the left ventral occipito-temporal cortex (LvOT). JL had severely impaired written word recognition but he was remarkably accurate in number tasks, albeit slower than normal. This suggests LvOT activation is necessary...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Cappelletti M,Leff AP,Price CJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of frontotemporal dementia caused by a novel MAPT mutation (Q351R) with a remarkably long amnestic presentation mimicking familial Alzheimer's disease. Longitudinal clinical, neuropsychological and imaging data provide convergent evidence for predominantly bilateral anterior medial temporal lobe invol...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Liang Y,Gordon E,Rohrer J,Downey L,de Silva R,Jäger HR,Nicholas J,Modat M,Cardoso MJ,Mahoney C,Warren J,Rossor M,Fox N,Caine D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case study describes the neurocognitive presentation of a child with identified genetic abnormalities of trisomy 6 and monosomy 21 who was evaluated as part of a standard medical protocol for cochlear implantation following diagnosis of profound sensorineural hearing loss. This child received neurocognitive testi...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Katzenstein JM,Oghalai JS,Tonini R,Baker D,Haymond J,Caudle SE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present HP, a patient who following the occurrence of herpes simplex encephalitis, lost the ability to understand a subset of words while others remained preserved. Of particular interest is the fact that the meaningless items retained their lexical status. HP's immediate serial recall of meaningless words was thus...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Caza N,Belleville S,Gilbert B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subject PI demonstrated superior memory using a variant of a Method of Loci (MOL) technique to recite the first digits of the mathematical constant pi to more than 2(16) decimal places. We report preliminary behavioral, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and brain volumetric data from PI. fMRI data collecte...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Raz A,Packard MG,Alexander GM,Buhle JT,Zhu H,Yu S,Peterson BS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A striking special ability in arranging picture stories was reported in an Asperger child (C.M.) showing an exceptional performance on Wechsler picture arrangement subtest. Neuropsychological examination did not disclose visuoperceptual and spatial defects, or working memory, attention and executive disorders, but rev...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Conson M,Salzano S,Grossi D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia (OMA) is a rare neurological disorder (incidence = approximately 1/5 million) primarily associated with involuntary conjugate saccadic eye movements, involuntary muscle jerks, cerebellar ataxia, and neuropsychological impairments. Unfortunately, there is limited published data regarding the...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Smith ML,Thawani N,Johnstone B,Stucky R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Confabulation may be present in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but usually it is not a primary feature of either its typical or atypical variants. In this report, we describe the case of an AD patient who showed an unusual and enduring neuropsychiatric phenotype characterized by early and prominent spontaneous confabulatio...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Abbate C,Trimarchi PD,Rotondo E,Inglese S,Nicolini P,Rossi PD,Arosio B,Mari D

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is an effective treatment for Parkinson's disease, but can lead to adverse effects including psychiatric disturbance. Little is known about the risk factors and treatment options for such effects. Here, we describe a patient who reproducibly developed stimu...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Schilbach L,Weiss PH,Kuhn J,Timmermann L,Klosterkötter J,Huff W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A current debate in the literature is whether all declarative memories and associated memory processes rely on the same neural substrate. Here, we show that H.C., a developmental amnesic person with selective bilateral hippocampal volume loss, has a mild deficit in personal episodic memory, and a more pronounced defic...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Rosenbaum RS,Carson N,Abraham N,Bowles B,Kwan D,Köhler S,Svoboda E,Levine B,Richards B

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation of non-verbal auditory comprehension in two patients with global aphasia following stroke is reported. The primary aim of the investigation was to establish whether refractory access disorders can affect non-verbal input modalities. All previous reports of refractoriness, a cognitive syndrome characte...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Crutch SJ,Warrington EK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression following stroke (PSD) affects up to 33% of patients and is associated with increased mortality. Antidepressant drugs have several side effects; therefore novel treatments are needed. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has induced mood and cognitive gain in several neuropsychiatric conditions bu...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Bueno VF,Brunoni AR,Boggio PS,Bensenor IM,Fregni F

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old male with no family history was diagnosed with semantic dementia. He also showed some unusual cognitive features such as episodic memory and executive dysfunctions, spatial disorientation, and dyscalculia. Rapidly progressive cognitive and physical decline occurred. About 1.5 years later, he developed cl...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Clerc MT,Deprez M,Leuba G,Lhermitte B,Lopez U,von Gunten A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 71 year-old female patient (DC) with a left parietal lesion resulting in a peripheral dysgraphia essentially characterized by difficulties in letter sequences writing. The aim of our experiments was to analyze the influence of motor difficulties on the visual perception of both writing and reac...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Chary C,Méary D,Orliaguet JP,David D,Moreaud O,Kandel S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychoses of epilepsy are well recognized complications of seizure disorders, diagnosed easily from the history. However, in the absence of recognized seizures, the diagnosis can be challenging. We present a 27-year-old female, who suffered a treatment refractory psychosis for 6 years. She did not report, or dis...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Needham E,Hamelijnck J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In large early cortical lesions, one of the most devastating consequences is the impaired motor dexterity of the contralateral limb. We present the case of an 8-year-old girl with a large left hemispherical porencephaly. Unlike previous reports, the girl exhibited high dexterity of the contralateral hand with preserve...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Weber B,Fliessbach K,Elger CE

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The delay between cardiac arrest and brain MRI is usually extremely different in the few cerebral imaging studies assessing the affected brain areas. We report an unusual case of loss of psychic self-activation appeared immediately after a cardiac arrest in a middle age patient. The first brain MRI, one month after th...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Martinaud O,Le Goff F,Carlier J,Pouliquen D,Gérardin E,Savouré A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a common finding in tests of false recognition that amnesic patients recognize fewer related lures than healthy controls, and this has led to assumptions that gist memory is damaged in these patients (Schacter, Verfaellie, & Anes, 1997, Neuropsychology, 11; Schacter, Verfaellie, Anes, & Racine, 1998, Journal of ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Nissan J,Abrahams S,Sala SD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical symptoms of myoclonus dystonia due to epsilon-sarcoglycan mutations are well documented; however, the progression of neuropsychiatric and cognitive symptoms remains unclear. We present a case of a 34-year-old woman with early childhood onset of myoclonic jerks, dystonic posture and developmental delay due to ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Multani N,Moro E,Lang A,Zurowski M,Duff Canning S,Tartaglia MC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neglect dyslexia is a reading disorder often associated with right-sided brain lesions. In reading single words, errors are mostly substitutions or omissions of letters that occupy the left-sided positions. Typically, these errors have been thought to depend on a single mechanism. Conversely, we propose that they are ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Martelli M,Arduino LS,Daini R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed visuospatial abilities in PCA. Sequential display of two simple geometric figures enhanced detection and discrimination relative to simultaneous display (Exps 1 & 2). Comparing edges of a single object enhanced discrimination relative to comparing edges of two separate objects, consistent with object-based...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Fernandez-Duque D,Black SE

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The noradrenergic system modulates performance on tasks dependent on semantic and associative network flexibility (NF) in individuals without neurodevelopmental diagnoses in experiments using a beta-adrenergic antagonist, propranolol. Some studies suggest drugs decreasing noradrenergic activity are beneficial in ASD. ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Beversdorf DQ,Carpenter AL,Miller RF,Cios JS,Hillier A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amygdala nuclei appear to be critically implicated in emotional memory. However, in most studies, encoding and consolidation processes cannot be analyzed separately. We thus studied the verbal emotional memory in a young woman with a ganglioglioma of the left amygdala and analyzed its impact (1) on each step of th...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Claire MD,Sophie D,Claudia P,Philippe M,Eliane RP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which AOS is the sole presenting complaint. We report clinical and neuroimaging data spanning 10 years from disease onset-to-death in a 49 year-old male PPAOS patient, DY, who died with corticobasal degeneration. He presented with AOS wit...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Tetzloff KA,Duffy JR,Strand EA,Machulda MM,Boland SM,Utianski RL,Botha H,Senjem ML,Schwarz CG,Josephs KA,Whitwell JL

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS) is a rare autosomal disorder characterized by immunodeficiency, albinism, and progressive neurologic abnormalities. While survivors of the childhood-onset disease are known to exhibit learning disabilities and neuropsychiatric disorders followed by middle-age dementia, we lack detailed d...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Yliranta A,Mäkinen J

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research revealed decreased access to semantic and associative networks in acute cocaine withdrawal. In autism, such behavioral outcomes are associated with decreased functional connectivity using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Therefore, we wished to determine whether connectivity is also decreased in ...

journal_title：Neurocase

authors： Narayanan A,White CA,Saklayen SS,Abduljalil A,Schmalbrock P,Pepper TH,Lander BN,Beversdorf DQ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00