Investigating cognitive impairments in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using eye movements and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Investigating cognitive impairments in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using eye movements and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Patients with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) often experience cognitive impairment that accompanies degeneration of the motor system. A valuable tool for assessing cognitive control over behaviour is the antisaccade task which requires: 1) inhibition of the automatic response to look towards an...

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Main Author: Witiuk, Kelsey
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2011
Subjects:
BOLD signal
frontotemporal dementia
saccade
oculomotor network
neuroimaging
fMRI
cognitive impairment
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6750

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