Contribution to the evaluation of language disturbances in subcortical lesions: a piloty study [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2004 Subcortical structures are in a strategic functional position within the cognitive networks and their lesion can interfere with a great number of functions. In this study, we describe fourteen subjects with exclusively subcortical vascular lesions (eight
Márcia Radanovic +4 more
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Neurocognitive and Seizure Outcomes of Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy versus Anterior Temporal Lobectomy for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. [PDF]
, 2014 Objective. To report our institutional seizure and neuropsychological outcomes for a series of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) undergoing anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) or selective amygdalohippocampectomy (SelAH) between 2004 and ...
Andrade, Danielle +10 more
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Verbal fluency, naming and verbal comprehension: three aspects of language as predictors of cognitive impairment [PDF]
, 2014 [Abstract] Objectives: To establish the possible relationship among three components of language (verbal fluency, naming and comprehension) and cognitive impairment as well as to determine the usefulness of language assessment tests to predict or ...
Balo García, Aránzazu +5 more
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White matter changes and confrontation naming in retired aging national football league athletes [PDF]
, 2017 Using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), we assessed the relationship of white matter integrity and performance on the Boston Naming Test (BNT) in a group of retired professional football players and a control group.
Bartz, Elizabeth K +12 more
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Visual Naming Performance after ATL Resection: Impact of Atypical Language Dominance. [PDF]
, 2010 Purpose- To characterize the interaction between language dominance and lateralization of the epileptic focus for pre- and postoperative Boston Naming Test (BNT) performance in patients undergoing anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL).
Alexopoulosa, A. V. +9 more
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Performance on the Boston Naming Test in English-Spanish Bilingual Older Adults: Some Considerations [PDF]
, 2007 Gollan, Fennema-Notestine, Montoya, and Jernigan (this issue) present a timely and clinically relevant study that examines the impact of bilingualism on the performance on the Boston Naming Test in older adults.
Acevedo, Amarilis, Loewenstein, David A.
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Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 2017 Background and Aim: Depressive pseudodementia (DPD) is a condition which may develop secondary to depression. The aim of this study was to contribute to the differential diagnosis between Alzheimer disease (AD) and DPD by comparing the neurocognitive ...
Sevki Sahin +5 more
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The impact of hearing loss on language performance in older adults with different stages of cognitive function [PDF]
, 2015 [Abstract] Purpose. The possible relationship between audiometric hearing thresholds and cognitive performance on language tests was analyzed in a cross-sectional cohort of older adults aged ≥65 years (N=98) with different degrees of cognitive impairment.
Lodeiro Fernández, Leire +5 more
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Neurología, 2012 Resumen: Introducción: El Boston Naming Test (BNT) y el Token Test (TT) son pruebas ampliamente utilizadas en la práctica clínica para explorar la denominación y la comprensión.
F. Aranciva +9 more
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Age at Injury is Associated with the Long-Term Cognitive Outcome of Traumatic Brain Injuries [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction The association between age at injury (AAI) and long-term cognitive outcome of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) is debatable. Methods Eligible participants with a history of TBI from Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative were ...
Andrew J. Saykin +4 more
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