Neuropsychology - Research News and Information

Monday, September 08, 2008

The elevated T-maze as a measure of two types of defensive reactions: a factor analysis.

Jul 2008 Using factor analysis, we investigated whether the defensive reactions seen in the elevated T-maze measure different behaviours. Rats were submitted to the elevated T-maze followed by the open-field test. Avoidance 1... Read more...

Neuropsychological endophenotype approach to genome-wide linkage analysis identifies susceptibility loci for ADHD on 2q21.1 and 13q12.11.

Jul 2008 ADHD linkage findings have not all been consistently replicated, suggesting that other approaches to linkage analysis in ADHD might be necessary, such as the use of (quantitative) endophenotypes (heritable traits... Read more...

Neuropsychological sequelae of non-central nervous system cancer and cancer therapy.

Jun 2008 Cancer patients report numerous adverse symptoms associated with their disease and treatment including cognitive dysfunction, fatigue, and affective distress. Cognitive dysfunction is ubiquitous in patients with primary... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Neuropsychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The elevated T-maze as a measure of two types of defensive reactions: a factor analysis. Jul 2008
• Neuropsychological endophenotype approach to genome-wide linkage analysis identifies susceptibility loci for ADHD on 2q21.1 and 13q12.11. Jul 2008
• Neuropsychological sequelae of non-central nervous system cancer and cancer therapy. Jun 2008
• Federation of European Societies of Neuropsychology (ESN). Jun 2008
• Therapeutic drug monitoring in neuropsychopharmacology: does it hold its promises? Mar 2008
• [Contribution of virtual reality to neuropsychology of memory: study in aging] Mar 2008
• Neuropsychological contributions to the early identification of Alzheimer's disease. Mar 2008
• What use is consciousness? A clinical neuroscience roundtable. Panel report. Mar 2008
• A panel interview on the ethical practice of neuropsychology. Mar 2008
• Models of anger: contributions from psychophysiology, neuropsychology and the cognitive behavioral perspective. Feb 2008
• Famous Russian brains: historical attempts to understand intelligence. Feb 2008
• Chimeric faces, visual field bias, and reaction time bias: have we been missing a trick? 2008
• Official position of the military TBI task force on the role of neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology in the evaluation, management, and research of military veterans with traumatic brain injury. 2008
• Response to Bigler (2007): the sky is not falling. 2008
• Neuropsychology and clinical neuroscience of persistent post-concussive syndrome. 2008
• Are results from different techniques mutually exclusive in the study of how the brain processes visual search? 2008
• The neuropsychiatry and neuropsychology of lipoid proteinosis. 2008
• Neurobiological formulations: integrating clinical and biological psychiatry. 15 Dec 2007
• The neuropsychology of patients with clinically diagnosed idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Dec 2007
• Epilepsy and neuropsychology: past, present, and future. Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Neuropsychology'

Definition: A branch of psychology which investigates the correlation between experience or behavior and the basic neurophysiological processes. The term neuropsychology stresses the dominant role of the nervous system. It is a more narrowly defined field than physiological psychology or psychophysiology.

Descriptor UI: D009484

Alternative terms: Neuropsychology; Neuropsychologies;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.795.600; G01.782.795.110; H01.158.782.795.110;

History Note: 85

Technical Notes: SPEC: not for coord of NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES /psychol; IM, SPEC qualif; NIM coord, no qualif; DF: NEUROPSYCHOL