The relationship between abnormalities of cognitive function and cerebral activation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A neuropsychological and positron emission tomography study.

Neuropsychological assessment of 16 clinically non-demented patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and 16 age-matched controls revealed significantly (P < 0.05) impaired verbal fluency and picture recall in the ALS patients. On the basis of their verbal fluency scores, two subgroup...

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Main Authors: Kew, J, Goldstein, L, Leigh, P, Abrahams, S, Cosgrave, N, Passingham, R, Frackowiak, R, Brooks, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1993