[PDF] Top 20 Dement. neuropsychol. vol.9 número2

... Zimmermann et al. evaluated the performance of adults on three tests of executive function (Modiied Wisconsin Card Sorting, Stroop color and word and Digit Span test). Participants were divided into young, middle-aged, ... See full document

... Procedures and instruments. In accordance with ethical guidelines for human research, participation was vol- untary and all participants provided written informed consent. he present study was also approved by the ... See full document

... Insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) resistance can contribute to neurodegeneration by several mechanisms which involve: energy and metabolism deficits, impairment of Glucose transp[r] ... See full document

... In the case report, the favorable progression of the arthritic symptoms after starting etanercept therapy and the marked cognitive response of the subject in comparison to the other p[r] ... See full document

... During the follow-up, after two cycles of immu- nosuppression, a repeat MRI (April/2014) revealed a marked improvement in hippocampal signal on T2 and Flair compared to that observed in the irst exam. An- other MRI exam ... See full document

... he “neurodegenerative subtype” of Senile demen- tia (Box 3) was based upon severe primary atrophy of [cortical] ganglion cells [nerve cells, neurons], with in- signiicant atheromatous v[r] ... See full document

... he Pfefer questionnaire or FAQ, is widely used in international studies and constitutes a 10-item instru- ment for determining functioning based on the level of independence in performing IADLs. Each item is scored on a ... See full document

... Objective: To assess cognitive outcome of stroke outpatients and investigate associations among clinical and demographic variables, vascular risk factors, depression symptoms and funct[r] ... See full document

... he systematic review presented here identiied that the tests most frequently used to assess executive functions in aging research in the last ive years were: [1] Trail Making Test For[r] ... See full document

... he objective of the present study was to identify de- mographic and clinical factors associated with morpho- metric brain changes during cognitively normal aging,.. METHODS.[r] ... See full document

... he current study analysed the performance of a cogni- tively normal elderly community sample on the CDT us- ing a speciic algorithm score method based on the Sun- derland et al.. he mean[r] ... See full document

... To present normative data for adults (19-75 year-olds; with five years of education or more) on the Modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (MWCST), Stroop color and word test and Digit Sp[r] ... See full document

... ABSTRACT. Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between cognition and frailty in the elderly. Methods: A systematic review on the currently existing literature concerning the subject was ... See full document

... he male stories had these units freely deined by the present authors, since the story that led to the Roberto Mota version was not maintained in the most recent versions of the test i[r] ... See full document

... Although there were diferences in the cognitive tests, the Lexical Decision Test did not difer among the three groups, showing that this test may be used for measuring premorbid intel[r] ... See full document

... Given these indings, cultural neuroscience suste- nance was introduced to explain how theoretical and empirical approaches across diferent ields within the social and natural sciences [r] ... See full document

... RESUMO. Cerca de 10-15% dos pacientes diagnosticados com demência frontotemporal (FDFT) têm uma história familiar positiva para DFT com um padrão de herança autossômico dominante. Desde a identificação de mutações em ... See full document

... Few studies have compared the profiles of BPSD in Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) of different subtypes (subcortical or cortical) and clinical stages (Vascular Cognitive Impairment [r] ... See full document

... apresenta 9% de variância compartilhada com o teste de fluência verbal categoria animais, 2% com a categoria frutas, 8% com o total de palavras na fluência verbal alternada, e 20% com total de pares corretos ... See full document

... Statistical analysis. SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 16.0 and STATISTICA version 9 were used for statistical analysis and comparisons among the three groups (control, MCI and dementia). ... See full document