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Left-hemisphere dysfunction in autism: What are we measuring?

Results suggest bilateral neuropsychological involvement, affecting left-
hemisphere functioning predominantly but not exclusively. Authors caution about
inferences.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=14592007
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Guide to Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
by C Fu, T Russell, C Senior, Dl Weinberger, R Murray

Paperback guide to the increasingly important role neuroimaging plays in
differential diagnoses, treatment, and prevention in psychiatry.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/184184229X/top100
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Left-hemisphere dysfunction in autism
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592007

The sleep EEG's microstructure in depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592145

Corticothalamic inhibition in the thalamic reticular nucleus.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14586030

The Intermediate Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test as a
neuropsychological measure.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14591471

Neuropsychological testing defines the neurobehavioral significance of
neuroimaging-identified abnormalities.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14590175

Relationships among academic, neuropsychological, and intellectual status in
subtypes of adults with learning disability.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14589590

Neuropsychological functioning of inmates referred for psychiatric treatment.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14590644

Classification with the Luria-Nebraska neuropsychological battery
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14589614

Cross-validation of the discriminative effectiveness of the Luria-Nebraska
Neuropsychological Battery for learning disabled adolescents.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14589713

The Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test as a
neuropsychological measure.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14591441

Neuropsychological and socio-emotional correlates of specific-arithmetic
disability.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14589674

EEG mapping, psychometric, and polysomnographic studies in restless legs
syndrome (RLS) and periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) patients as compared
with normal controls.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592166

Neuropsychological assessment, neuroimaging, and clinical neuropsychology
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14591860

Geriatric performance on the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination
(Cognistat). What is normal?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14591443
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