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Cognitive complaints in patients after whiplash injury: the impact of malingeringB Schmand
Department of Psychology, Slotervaartziekenhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 64:339-43. 1998..The prevalence of malingering or underperformance in post-whiplash patients, and its impact on their cognitive test results were studied...
Meta-analysis of CSF and MRI biomarkers for detecting preclinical Alzheimer's diseaseB Schmand
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychol Med 40:135-45. 2010..We evaluated the claim that these biomarkers can detect preclinical AD before behavioural (i.e. memory) symptoms arise...
Unilateral pallidotomy in PD: a controlled study of cognitive and behavioral effects. The Netherlands Pallidotomy Study (NEPAS) groupB Schmand
Academic Medical Center, Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neurology 54:1058-64. 2000..To investigate whether unilateral pallidotomy affects cognitive and behavioral functioning...
[Letter fluency: psychometric properties and Dutch normative data]B Schmand
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Programmagroep Psychonomie en Academisch Medisch Centrum, Afdeling Neurologie
Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 39:64-76. 2008..Its reliability is 0.80, and its scores are significantly related to level of education and/or vocabulary, but not to age or gender. A regression formula is provided by which the raw scores can be corrected for level of education...
Association between memory complaints and incident Alzheimer's disease in elderly people with normal baseline cognitionM I Geerlings
Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Psychiatry 156:531-7. 1999..Therefore, the authors hypothesized that memory complaints would predict incident Alzheimer's disease in elderly subjects with no signs of cognitive impairment...
Outcome of unilateral pallidotomy in advanced Parkinson's disease: cohort study of 32 patientsR M de Bie
Department of Neurology (H2-222, Academic Medical Centre, PO Box 22700, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 71:375-82. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: The positive effects of unilateral pallidotomy are stable up to 1 year after surgery. Patients taking less than 1000 LEU per day were most likely to improve...
Cortical serotonin transporter density and verbal memory in individuals who stopped using 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or "ecstasy"): preliminary findingsL Reneman
Department of Nuclear Medicine, F2 210, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Gen Psychiatry 58:901-6. 2001..We investigated the long-term effects of MDMA use on cortical 5-HT neurons in humans and memory function, because brain 5-HT has been implicated in memory function...
Unilateral pallidotomy in Parkinson's disease: a randomised, single-blind, multicentre trialR M de Bie
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lancet 354:1665-9. 1999..We have assessed the efficacy of unilateral pallidotomy in a randomised, single-blind, multicentre trial...
Determinants of disability and quality of life in mild to moderate Parkinson diseaseD Muslimovic
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neurology 70:2241-7. 2008..To identify factors that independently contribute to disability and quality of life (QoL) in patients with mild to moderate Parkinson disease (PD)...
Symptoms of apathy are associated with progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease in non-depressed subjectsE Richard
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 33:204-9. 2012..Apathy may be associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline. The objective of this study was to investigate if apathy predicts the progression from MCI to Alzheimer's disease (AD)...
Validation of symptom validity tests using a "child-model" of adult cognitive impairmentsA Rienstra
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 25:371-82. 2010..All children passed our criterion of a negative WCMT score. However, the WCMT does seem sensitive to the level of verbal fluency. Implications for the applicability of these SVTs in adult populations are discussed...
Association between apolipoprotein E epsilon4 and the rate of cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly individuals with and without dementiaC Jonker
Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Extramural Health Research, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Neurol 55:1065-9. 1998....
Pathological gambling after bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson diseaseH M M Smeding
Department of Neurology, H2 222, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 78:517-9. 2007..Pathological gambling does not seem to be associated with decision making but appears to be related to a combination of bilateral STN stimulation and treatment with dopamine agonists...
Reversible cognitive decline after DBS STN in PD and displacement of electrodesH M M Smeding
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neurology 68:1235-6. 2007
Specific effects of ecstasy and other illicit drugs on cognition in poly-substance usersT Schilt
Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychol Med 38:1309-17. 2008..Subjects were assessed with neuropsychological tests measuring attention, working memory, verbal and visuospatial memory, and visuospatial ability...
Neuropsychological effects of bilateral STN stimulation in Parkinson disease: a controlled studyH M M Smeding
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neurology 66:1830-6. 2006..To evaluate the cognitive and behavioral effects of bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation in patients with Parkinson disease (PD)...
Depression and risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease. Results of two prospective community-based studies in The NetherlandsM I Geerlings
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Br J Psychiatry 176:568-75. 2000..Depression may be associated with cognitive decline in elderly people with impaired cognition...
Motor procedural learning in Parkinson's diseaseD Muslimovic
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brain 130:2887-97. 2007..These findings indicate that procedural learning impairment is not an early feature of PD, but is likely to emerge with progression of the disease, independently of cognitive dysfunction or dopaminergic medication...
Reference data for the word memory testA Rienstra
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 24:255-62. 2009..Participants with lower levels of education performed worse than more highly educated subjects. Reference data stratified by age and level of education are presented for use in research and clinical settings...
Memory disturbances in "Ecstasy" users are correlated with an altered brain serotonin neurotransmissionL Reneman
Graduate School of Neurosciences, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 148:322-4. 2000..Since loss of 5-HT neurons has been implicated in memory loss, it is important to establish whether MDMA use may produce changes in postsynaptic 5-HT receptors and memory function in humans...
Increased risk of mortality associated with social isolation in older men: only when feeling lonely? Results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL)T J Holwerda
Department of Psychiatry, ARKIN Institute of Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychol Med 42:843-53. 2012..The current study investigated whether social isolation and feelings of loneliness in older men and women were associated with increased mortality risk, controlling for depression and other potentially confounding factors...
Cognitive functioning in patients with suspected chronic toxic encephalopathy: evidence for neuropsychological disturbances after controlling for insufficient effortM S E van Hout
Department of Psychology, Medical Spectrum Twente Hospital, PO Box 50000, NL 7500 KA Enschede, The Netherlands
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 77:296-303. 2006....
Visual association test to detect early dementia of the Alzheimer typeJ Lindeboom
Department of Medical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 73:126-33. 2002..The person is asked to name each object and, later, is presented with one object from the pair and asked to name the other...
Are memory complaints predictive for dementia? A review of clinical and population-based studiesC Jonker
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine EMGO Institute, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:983-91. 2000..To review studies that have reported on the prevalence of memory complaints and the relationship between memory complaints and impairment or decline (dementia) in elderly individuals...
[Diagnosis of dementia in non-western elderly migrants in memory clinics: obstacles and solutions]M Goudsmit
Slotervaartziekenhuis, Amsterdam
Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 42:204-14. 2011..We give recommendations to improve communication, (neuropsychological) testing and counseling in clinical practice...
Prefrontal N-acetylaspartate is strongly associated with memory performance in (abstinent) ecstasy users: preliminary reportL Reneman
Graduate School of Neurosciences, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Biol Psychiatry 50:550-4. 2001..76, p =.01). CONCLUSIONS: Greater decrements in memory function predicted lower NAA/Cr levels-and by inference greater neuronal dysfunction-in the prefrontal cortex of MDMA users...
Improved brief assessment of cognition in aging and dementiaR Lindeboom
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, J2 212, Academic Medical Center, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neurology 63:543-6. 2004..Score agreement with equally difficult short forms was excellent. The practicality and interpretability of the CAMCOG was improved, while the diagnostic accuracy of the short forms was similar to that of the original 60-item instrument...
Does chronic subthalamic nucleus stimulation in advanced Parkinson's disease cause invalidating cognitive and behavioural dysfunctions?J D Speelman
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 78:221. 2007
Phenotypic features of myoclonus-dystonia in three kindredsD O Doheny
Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Annenberg 14 51A, Box 1052, New York, NY 10029, USA
Neurology 59:1187-96. 2002..Autosomal dominant alcohol-responsive M-D is associated with mutations in the epsilon-sarcoglycan gene (SGCE) (six families) and with a missense change in the D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2)gene (one family)...
Neuropsychological sequelae of bacterial meningitis: the influence of alcoholism and adjunctive dexamethasone therapyD van de Beek
Brain 129:E46; author reply E47. 2006
The seven minute screen: a neurocognitive screening test highly sensitive to various types of dementiaE F J Meulen
Department of Clinical Geriatrics and Medical Psychology, General Hospital Slotervaart, Slotervaart, Netherlands
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 75:700-5. 2004..It has been shown to be useful for detecting Alzheimer's disease in a population of patients with memory complaints...
