Cognitive dysfunction following COVID-19 infection.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is still evolving, causing hundreds of millions of infections around the world. The long-term sequelae of COVID-19 and neurologic syndromes post COVID remain poorly understood. The present study aims to characterize cognitive performance in patients experiencing cognitive symptoms post-COVID infection.

The First Word Recalled Measure - A Potential Addition to Clinical Exams.

Characterizing episodic memory abilities is highly important in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and usually includes wordlist learning and recall tasks. Clinical evaluations typically focus on the number of words recalled, ignoring additional information, like serial position. Here, we tested the potential value of two serial positioning measures for clinical diagnosis - how retrieval is initiated, as measured by the first word recalled, and how it proceeds - using data from patients with AD and MCI that completed a wordlist learning and recall task.

Ethnic Differences in Attending a Tertiary Dementia Clinic in Israel.

Variations in lifestyle, socioeconomic status and general health likely account for differences in dementia disparities across racial groups. Our aim was to evaluate the characteristics of Arab (AS) and Jewish (JS) subjects attending a tertiary dementia clinic in Israel. Retrospective data regarding subjects attending the Cognitive Neurology Institute at Rambam Health Care Campus between April 1, 2010, and April 31, 2016, for complaints of cognitive decline were collected from the institutional registry.

The Effect of a 30-Min Water-Pipe Smoking Session on Cognitive Measures and Cardio-Pulmonary Parameters.

Introduction: One session of water-pipe tobacco smoking (WPS) can increase carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) to levels comparable to those reported in carbon monoxide poisoning, which may cause memory impairment and confusion.

Methods: A prospective study evaluating healthy volunteers pre- and post-30 min of WPS session. Primary outcome parameters were executive cognitive measures [digit span test and Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT)].

[ADHD IN THE AGING POPULATION: A NEW DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS?].

Introduction: During midlife and aging, subjective reports regarding cognitive decline increase in frequency. Age-associated cognitive impairment, mild cognitive impairment and dementia, increase in prevalence and are frequently diagnosed. Background medical conditions and risk factors are often regarded as contributing to the cognitive decline.

Cognitive impairment in hodgkin lymphoma survivors.

Cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is commonly reported post-chemotherapy in adults with solid tumours. Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) mostly affects young adults. Data regarding CRCI in HL survivors (HLS) are scarce.

Dis-regulation of response inhibition in adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): an ERP study.

Objective: To define the brain activity involved in impaired response inhibition of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adults.

Methods: Performance measures and brain activity of 14 adult ADHD subjects and 14 controls, matched for age, gender, and overall intelligence were compared in an auditory Go-NoGo paradigm to tones. The task required a button press (Go) to 80% and inhibition of response (NoGo) to 20% of the tones, according to the tone's pitch.

Dissociation between spontaneous and reactive flexibility in early Parkinson's disease.

Objective: This study was designed to examine the relations between the severity of motor symptoms and impaired cognitive flexibility in Parkinson's disease.

Background: Studies that examine cognitive flexibility in Parkinson's disease report conflicting results. We hypothesized that such inconsistency may reflect a differential pattern of impairment on tasks that measure spontaneous versus reactive flexibility.