Cognitive Testing: Achilles Heel of Clinical Neurology - USF Health

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Experimental trial • Primary aims: To test the hypothesis that metacognitive deficits in young people with stroke are improved with dopaminergic medication by comparing pre and post treatment test scores following a 6 week randomized, double blinded placebo controlled trial using dopaminergic therapy.
Page 1 and 2: Cognitive Testing. Achilles Heel of
Page 3 and 4: Scope of the problem • Cerebrovas
Page 5 and 6: Spectrum of Frontal Network Disorde
Page 8 and 9: Hemispheric dominance Left hemisphe
Page 10 and 11: Cognitive impairment and stroke. Pi
Page 12 and 13: Lhermitte F. Human Autonomy and The
Page 14 and 15: Coconut Testing • Neuropsychologi
Page 16 and 17: Neuropsychological Tests
Page 18 and 19: Emotional Intelligence Scoring
Page 20 and 21: FRSBE QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompr
Page 22 and 23: Misery Perfusion Syndrome. Post ste
Page 24 and 25: A 24 year old man • NIHSS = 1 •
Page 26 and 27: Abulia - spectrum of disorders •
Page 28 and 29: Deep venous thrombosis QuickTime an
Page 30 and 31: Posterior lesions and frontal syndr
Page 32 and 33: Transcortical Motor Aphasia • Int
Page 34 and 35: FNS by stroke severity. F ratio 4.7
Page 36 and 37: Organicity: Structural/Chemical/Ele
Page 40 and 41: Experimental Trial • Secondary Ai
Page 42 and 43: State dependent vs “hard wired”
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