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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Neuropsychological Function"”.
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White matter correlates of neuropsychological function in young adult methamphetamine users
… in the study. Each participant completed a neuropsychological evaluation and underwent diffusion tensor imaging within one week of testing. Average whole-brain fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusion (MD) measures derived from DTI data were compared between groups. Group differences in …
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Neuropsychological function as a result of chronic exposure to methadone and other opioids
… exposure to opioids has been associated with neuropsychological impairment during both active use and following a period of abstinence. The overall objective of this thesis was to review the relevant prior literature in a systematic manner and subsequently to describe the effects of chronic …
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An exploratory study of neuropsychological impairment, driving performance, and sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnoea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
… study was to compare driving performance and neuropsychological function in OSA and COPD patients with healthy control participants, and to also compare OSA patients to COPD patients. The second aim was to determine the contribution of sleep fragmentation and hypoxaemia to poor performance and …
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Long-term effects of imatinib on cognition in chronic myeloid leukaemia
… there has been no attempt to elucidate possible neuropsychological sequelae of chronic imatinib use. However concerns exist about the potential neurotoxic effects of this agent, given that the inhibition of protein kinase in animal studies has been associated with a range of deleterious …
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Validation of the adapted CogState brief battery in hematopoietic cell transplant patients
… primarily occurring in memory, executive function, attention, and processing speed. Although HCT-associated cognitive decline occurring within one year of transplantation is well documented, only two studies have longitudinally investigated cognitive function in HCT survivors beyond one …
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Neuropsychological Correlates of Anosognosia in MCI and Dementia
… and informant reports as they relate to actual neuropsychological function, identify the presence or absence of anosognosia within the MCI population, and explore the diagnostic utility of anosognosia assessment in MCI and dementia populations. A total of 49 patients were included in the sample …
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Long-term outcome following severe and very severe closed head injury during childhood
… mean of 6,1 years post-injury. Each subject was neuropsychologically assessed using a battery of tests including those of general intellectual ability and motor, visuo-graphic, language and memory functioning. The performance of the head-injured group was compared with that of a control group-of …
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Does the Preparticipation Examination Aid in Identifying Future Risk of Concussion?
… history survey. Recent evidence suggests that neuropsychological testing can aid in predicting individuals at an increased risk of lower extremity injury. However, no known previous study has investigated the relationship between neuropsychological function and potential risk of sustaining a …
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Conjugate-lateral eye movement behavior in later childhood
… to devise easy-to-use measures of hemispheric functioning and to study their relationship to established measures of achievement and linguistic and cognitive development. Current research in brain functioning has indicated that conjugate-lateral eye movement direction (the direction in which a …
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Obesity Indices and Cognitive Function in Veterans
… examining body mass index (BMI) and cognitive function has demonstrated that young to middle-aged obese adults consistently demonstrate deficits in memory and executive function. Waist circumference (WC) is another measure of obesity that has been investigated as it relates to cognitive …