کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3037295 1184409 2012 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Attention and executive functions profile in childhood absence epilepsy
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب تکاملی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Attention and executive functions profile in childhood absence epilepsy
چکیده انگلیسی

Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) has been associated with executive functions and attention deficits. To clarify the issue of neurocognitive impairments in CAE, we investigated whether specific executive functions and attention deficit patterns were present in a well-defined group of children with CAE who were taking valproic acid. Participants included 15 children with CAE and 15 healthy controls aged 8–15 years and matched for sex, age and IQ. We compared the performances of the two groups in the following neuropsychological domains: planning and problem solving (TOL), verbal fluency (FAS and CAT), verbal short-term memory (DSF), verbal working memory (DSB), visuospatial memory (Corsi Block Tapping Test) and sustained and divided attention (TMT-A and TMT-B). No differences were found between the two groups on measures of intellectual functioning, verbal short-term memory and visuospatial memory. By contrast, significant differences were found in total time of planning task, phonological and category fluency and sustained and divided attention. Future studies that systematically examine different aspects of attention and executive functions are needed to outline a clear and specific neuropsychological profile in CAE.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Brain and Development - Volume 34, Issue 10, November 2012, Pages 812–817
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