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Objective To explore the feasibility of picture naming training in improving naming ability of patients with semantic dementia (SD). Methods A total of 14 cases of semantic dementia whose the first symptom was semantic memory impairment were given ...
WANG Rui +5 more
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The performance of Maltese-speaking adults on the Boston naming test
The Boston Naming Test (Kaplan et al 1983) is standardized on different populations and it is the most widely used naming test worldwide in both research and clinical settings. For this reason, this test was used to investigate naming performance in Maltese-speaking adults in a bilingual context.
Rita Grima (12592738)
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OBJECTIVE Naming is commonly impaired in people with neurodegenerative diseases and brain injury, and as a result, its accurate assessment is essential.
Ana delCacho-Tena +5 more
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We hypothesized that automated assessment of brain volumes on MRI can predict presence of cerebrospinal fluid abnormal ß-amyloid42 and Tau protein levels and thus serve as a useful screening test for possible Alzheimer's disease. 113 participants ranging
Mark R Libowitz +6 more
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Salivary cortisol is associated with cognitive changes in patients with fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a stress-related chronic pain disorder with common cognitive complaints. This study characterized cognitive dysfunction in patients with FM and explored whether these changes are linked to altered cortisol levels.
Yi-Ju Lin +6 more
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Introduction In primary progressive aphasia (PPA) patients with autopsy‐confirmed Alzheimer's disease (AD) or frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FLTD), we tested how the core clinical features of logopenic PPA—naming and repetition—change over time and ...
Katheryn A.Q. Cousins +9 more
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Background Leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs) alleviate Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology and improve cognition in animal models; however, clinical evidence is limited.
Lisa Y. Xiong +8 more
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Contribution to the evaluation of language disturbances in subcortical lesions: a piloty study [PDF]
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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A-305 Boston Naming Test Replacement Item 48 (Boomerang) in a Clinical Sample
Objective: The Boston Naming Test (BNT) is a measure of language that assesses confrontation naming and is widely used in clinical neuropsychology.
Avni Chokshi, J. King
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Naming ability and verbal comprehension are cognitive functions that may be affected both by normal aging and by disease. Neuropsychological testing is crucial to evaluate changes in language ability and reliable normative data for all ages are needed ...
Katarina Fällman +3 more
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