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Distinguishing Depressive Pseudodementia from Alzheimer Disease: A Comparative Study of Hippocampal Volumetry and Cognitive Tests

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, Tugba Okluoglu Önal, Nilgun Cinar, Meral Bozdemir, Rahmi Çubuk, Sibel Karsidag   +5 more
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Investigation of Cognitive Impairment in the Course of Post-COVID Syndrome

Diagnostics, 2023
(1) Background: The study presents results from an investigation of cognitive impairment in patients hospitalized in the first psychiatric clinic in Bulgaria to treat patients with COVID-19 during the pandemic period between 2020 and 2022.
Milena Dimitrova, Yoanna Marinova, Dancho Dilkov   +2 more
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Age of epilepsy onset as modulating factor for naming deficit after epilepsy surgery: a voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping study

Scientific Reports, 2023
Age at onset of epilepsy is an important predictor of deterioration in naming ability following epilepsy surgery. In 141 patients with left hemispheric epilepsy and language dominance who received epilepsy surgery at the Epilepsy Centre Erlangen, naming ...
Caroline Reindl, Katrin Walther, Anna-Lena Allgäuer, Johannes D. Lang, Tamara M. Welte, Jenny Stritzelberger, Stephanie Gollwitzer, Michael Schwarz, Regina Trollmann, Dominik Madzar, Michael Knott, Arnd Doerfler, Frank Seifert, Karl Rössler, Sebastian Brandner, Stefan Rampp, Stefan Schwab, Hajo M. Hamer   +17 more
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Confrontation Naming and Reading Abilities at Primary School: A Longitudinal Study

Behavioural Neurology, 2015
Background. Confrontation naming tasks are useful in the assessment of children with learning and language disorders. Objectives. The aims of this study were (1) providing
Chiara Luoni, Umberto Balottin, Laura Rosana, Enrico Savelli, Silvia Salini, Cristiano Termine   +5 more
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Thalamus and language: interface with attention, memory and executive functions [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2003
Subcortical structures are in a strategic functional position within the cognitive networks. Their lesion can interfere with a great number of functions.
Marcia Radanovic, Mariana Azambuja, Letícia Lessa Mansur, Cláudia Sellitto Porto, Milberto Scaff   +4 more
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Memory Deficits in Children with Mesial Temporal Sclerosis and Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2011
Researchers at Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil, analyzed the occurrence of episodic memory (for personally experienced events) and semantic memory (for stored knowledge acquired in the past) deficits in 19 consecutive children with mesial temporal ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Resection of dominant fusiform gyrus is associated with decline of naming function when temporal lobe epilepsy manifests after the age of five: A voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping study

NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022
Summary: Objective: To determine patients’ characteristics and regions in the temporal lobe where resections lead to a decline in picture naming. Methods: 311 patients with left hemispheric dominance for language were included who underwent epilepsy ...
Caroline Reindl, Anna-Lena Allgäuer, Benedict A. Kleiser, Müjgan Dogan Onugoren, Johannes D. Lang, Tamara M. Welte, Jenny Stritzelberger, Klemens Winder, Michael Schwarz, Stephanie Gollwitzer, Regina Trollmann, Julie Rösch, Arnd Doerfler, Karl Rössler, Sebastian Brandner, Dominik Madžar, Frank Seifert, Stefan Rampp, Hajo M. Hamer, Katrin Walther   +19 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.
Loewenstein, David A, Loewenstein, David A., Acevedo, Amarilis   +2 more
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Aportes y limitaciones del Boston naming test: evidencia a partir de controles colombianos

Acta Neurológica Colombiana, 2016
Introducción: el Boston naming test (Kaplan, Goodglass & Weintraub, 1983, 2001) es una prueba de denominación por confrontación visual que evalúa la capacidad de acceso lexical.
Liliana Duarte Pedroza, Angie Espitia, Patricia Montañés   +2 more
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Can a combination of two neuropsychological tests screen for mild neurocognitive disorder better than each test alone? A cross-sectional study

Middle East Current Psychiatry, 2020
Background Early symptoms of dementia may not be apparent and are sometimes even concealed during short office visits initiated for other complaints. The aim of the study is to find out if the combined use of VF/CDT, VF/BNT, or CDT/BNT could improve the ...
Reem Mohamed Sabry ELbedewy, Mohamed ELOKL   +1 more
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