Nosographical aspects and neuropsychological correlates of dementia.
The role of neuropsychological assessment in the clinical diagnosis and management of dementia has been shifting in recent years from an ancillary diagnostic test to an important tool for pre-clinical and differential diagnosis. Additionally, in conjunction with functional imaging and quantitative structural imaging, it is providing new insights into the cerebral correlates of cognition and behaviour.
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Neurologia San Raffaele Turro and Vita-Salute, San Raffaele University, Via Stamira d'Ancona 20, I-20127 Milan, Italy. cappa.stefano@hsr.it
D003704:Dementia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests