Sökning: "Neuropsychological functioning"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 28 avhandlingar innehållade orden Neuropsychological functioning.
1. Neuropsychological outcomes and health-related quality of life of children operated for nonsyndromic craniosynostosis
Sammanfattning : The primary aim of this thesis was to assess the intelligence quotient, attention function, adaptive behavior skills, and health-related quality of life of children operated for nonsyndromic craniosynostosis. The secondary aim was to evaluate whether surgical methods for treating sagittal synostosis were related to the outcomes. LÄS MER
2. Neuropsychological Function After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Sammanfattning : Despite considerable research efforts, the incidence and mechanisms of diffuse cognitive impairment after coronary artery bypass surgery are not fully understood. The aim of the dissertation was to describe cognitive changes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and the predictors and consequences thereof. LÄS MER
3. Neuropsychological Function in Relation to Structural and Functional Brain Changes in Alzheimer’s Disease
Sammanfattning : The aim of this doctoral thesis was to study neuropsychological function in relation to structural and functional brain changes in Alzheimer´s disease (AD). In the first study relations between hippocampal volume, neuropsychological function and limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (LHPA) axis disturbances in AD were investigated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). LÄS MER
4. Autism spectrum disorders. Developmental, cognitive and neuropsychological aspects
Sammanfattning : Introduction and aims: Autism, Asperger syndrome and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) are clinically defined neuropsychiatric syndromes that affect 6 to 10 per cent of all children. These common developmental disorders can be understood at different levels. LÄS MER
5. Neuropsychological Aspects of First-Episode Psychosis : Diagnosis, Course and Outcome
Sammanfattning : The present thesis is based on studies of neuropsychological functions in first episode psychosis patients (FEP) from the Swedish multicenter study, the Parachute Project. The thesis aims to clarify neuropsychological functions in psychotic illnesses. LÄS MER