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- adjective pertaining to cognitive
functions that are linked to a particular area, pathway or network of thebrain
Etymologies
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Examples
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Relatively simple "neurocognitive" testing, including the use of standardized mental status scales such as the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), can help screen patients and determine whether further evaluation by a specialist is indicated.
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Patients undergoing radiation often have to cope with long-term side-effects, such as neurocognitive delay and severe growth impairment.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Consideration of a new "risk syndromes" category, with information to help clinicians identify earlier stages of some serious mental disorders, such as neurocognitive disorder (dementia) and psychosis.
innovations-report 2010
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Consideration of a new "risk syndromes" category, with information to help clinicians identify earlier stages of some serious mental disorders, such as neurocognitive disorder (dementia) and psychosis.
innovations-report 2010
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Patients undergoing radiation often have to cope with long-term side-effects, such as neurocognitive delay and severe growth impairment.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Oddly, Dean Smith, the former North Carolina men's coach who was the winningest coach in college basketball history at the time of his retirement in 1997, suffers from a "progressive neurocognitive disorder" affecting his memory.
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A growing body of evidence has pointed to aerobic exercise as a low-cost hedge against neurocognitive decline.
Exercise Boosts Brain Power Ann Lukits 2011
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The neurocognitive phenotype of the 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome: selective deficit in visual-spatial memory.
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Sofa slugs, pay attention here: Aerobic exercise is panning out to be the best antidote we have to neurocognitive decline.
Jill S. Brown: Is Aerobic Exercise The Antidote To Alzheimers? Jill S. Brown 2011
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Sofa slugs, pay attention here: Aerobic exercise is panning out to be the best antidote we have to neurocognitive decline.
Jill S. Brown: Is Aerobic Exercise The Antidote To Alzheimers? Jill S. Brown 2011
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