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Value of diagnostic tests to predict conversion to Alzheimer's disease in young and old patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairmentBen Schmand
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Alzheimers Dis 29:641-8. 2012..MRI and neuropsychological assessment remain informative in patients older than 75 years, unlike CSF biomarkers...- Value of neuropsychological tests, neuroimaging, and biomarkers for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in younger and older age cohortsBen Schmand
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:1705-10. 2011..To examine the influence of age on the value of four techniques for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD)... - Cognitive functioning and quality of life nine years after bacterial meningitisBen Schmand
Department of Neurology H2, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Infect 61:330-4. 2010..To examine recovery of psychological functioning nine years after meningitis... - Cognitive dysfunction in lower motor neuron disease: executive and memory deficits in progressive muscular atrophyJoost Raaphorst
Department of Neurology H2 235, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 82:170-5. 2011..In addition, visuospatial functions were assessed comprehensively; these tests are underrepresented in earlier neuropsychological investigations in ALS... - Cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease: a prospective longitudinal studyDino Muslimovic
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:426-37. 2009..Selection bias probably led to underestimation of the true extent of cognitive decline in established patients... - Improving the accuracy and precision of cognitive testing in mild dementiaHans Wouters
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 18:314-22. 2012..We conclude that extending dementia specific instruments with neuropsychological tests improves measurement precision and accuracy of cognitive impairment in mild dementia... - Catechol-O-methyltransferase val158met and cognitive function in Parkinson's diseaseJeroen Hoogland
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mov Disord 25:2550-4. 2010.... - Adaptive cognitive testing in cerebrovascular disease and vascular dementiaHans Wouters
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, University of Amsterdam, NL 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 28:486-92. 2009..Longer tests (e.g. the CAMCOG) are precise but inefficient, whereas brief tests (e.g. the MMSE) are efficient but imprecise... - Predictors of cognitive and psychosocial outcome after STN DBS in Parkinson's DiseaseHarriet M M Smeding
Department of Neurology of Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 82:754-60. 2011..To find predictors of cognitive decline and quality of life 1 year after bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD)... - Does adaptive cognitive testing combine efficiency with precision? Prospective findingsHans Wouters
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Alzheimers Dis 25:595-603. 2011..We conclude that adaptive testing combines brevity with precision, especially in grading the severity of cognitive impairment... 
Cognitive outcome in adults after bacterial meningitisMartine Hoogman
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 78:1092-6. 2007..To evaluate cognitive outcome in adult survivors of bacterial meningitis...
Course of cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysisDino Muslimovic
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 13:920-32. 2007..Methodological flaws, such as selection bias and uncontrolled practice effects, may have caused underestimation of the true extent of decline...- Adaptive cognitive testing in dementiaHans Wouters
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 18:118-27. 2009..91) as the original CAMCOG. These results were replicated in an independent sample (n = 170). We conclude that tailored testing with CAT enables much more efficient screening for dementia than testing with an extensive instrument... - Progression and prognostic factors of motor impairment, disability and quality of life in newly diagnosed Parkinson's diseaseBart Post
Department of Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Mov Disord 26:449-56. 2011..To determine progression and prognostic factors of progression rate of motor impairment, disability, and quality of life (QoL) in patients with newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease... - Cognitive outcome in adults with moderate disability after pneumococcal meningitisMartijn Weisfelt
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, P O Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Infect 52:433-9. 2006..To assess cognitive outcome and quality of life in patients with moderate disability after bacterial meningitis as compared to patients with good recovery... - Cognitive profile of patients with newly diagnosed Parkinson diseaseDino Muslimovic
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neurology 65:1239-45. 2005..To determine the frequency and pattern of cognitive dysfunction in patients with newly diagnosed Parkinson disease (PD) and to identify its demographic and clinical correlates... - Three sides of the same coin: measuring global cognitive impairment with the MMSE, ADAS-cog and CAMCOGHans Wouters
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 25:770-9. 2010..This hampers comparisons when either of these instruments is used. The extent to which these instruments share a common dimension of global cognitive impairment and how their scores relate was examined... - The ALS-FTD-Q: a new screening tool for behavioral disturbances in ALSJoost Raaphorst
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neurology 79:1377-83. 2012..We examined the clinimetric properties of a new behavioral questionnaire for patients with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Frontotemporal Dementia-Questionnaire [ALS-FTD-Q])... - Long-term neuropsychological effects of ecstasy in middle-aged ecstasy/polydrug usersThelma Schilt
Department of Psychonomics, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 207:583-91. 2010..Little is known about ecstasy effects later in life, when serotonin levels and cognition decrease as a consequence of normal ageing... - Cognition and psychopathology in myoclonus-dystoniaMirjam J van Tricht
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 83:814-20. 2012..Herewith, this study may help to clarify whether neuropsychological and psychiatric symptoms are associated with the DYT11 mutation or are secondary to the burden of motor impairments that originated in early childhood... - Cognitive impairment in adults with good recovery after bacterial meningitisDiederik van de Beek
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Infect Dis 186:1047-52. 2002..46 to -0.38). In conclusion, adults surviving pneumococcal meningitis were at significant risk of neuropsychological abnormalities, even if they were clinically well recovered... - Identification of responders to rivastigmine: a prospective cohort studyAfina W Lemstra
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 25:60-6. 2008..This study aimed to describe a clinical profile based on a combination of specific neuropsychological test scores and clinical symptoms associated with a favourable response to rivastigmine... - A systematic review of behavioural changes in motor neuron diseaseJoost Raaphorst
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amyotroph Lateral Scler 13:493-501. 2012..In conclusion, 8% of MND patients have bvFTD, with perseveration being reported most frequently. MND-bvFTD is often accompanied by memory disturbances and is related to bulbar onset... - Revising the ADAS-cog for a more accurate assessment of cognitive impairmentHans Wouters
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 22:236-44. 2008..This assumes items to have (1) equal measurement precision and (2) hierarchically ordered categories... - Multivariate normative comparisonsHilde M Huizenga
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Roeterstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neuropsychologia 45:2534-42. 2007.... - The cognitive profile of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A meta-analysisJoost Raaphorst
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amyotroph Lateral Scler 11:27-37. 2010..In conclusion, the diversity of cognitive problems in ALS seems greater than was previously thought. ALS patients may suffer from cognitive impairment in multiple domains, including memory dysfunction... - The Alzheimer myth and biomarker research in dementiaEdo Richard
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Alzheimers Dis 31:S203-9. 2012..Acknowledging that dementia in old age is an essentially different condition from dementia at relatively younger age is needed and should lead to new approaches in dementia research... - Is psychopathology part of the phenotypic spectrum of myoclonus-dystonia?: a study of a large Dutch M-D familyElisabeth M J Foncke
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cogn Behav Neurol 22:127-33. 2009..In several M-D families, psychiatric symptoms accompanying the motor symptoms have been reported, but a shared genetic etiology remains unclear... - Cognitive impairment in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrestAnouk P van Alem
Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Am Heart J 148:416-21. 2004..This prospective cohort study investigated cognitive functioning of OHCA survivors in relation to the time-related elements of the resuscitation... - Unilateral pallidotomy versus bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation in PD--a comparison of neuropsychological effectsHarriet M M Smeding
Dept of Neurology, H2 222, Academic Medical Center, 22660, 1100, DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Neurol 252:176-82. 2005..To compare the cognitive and behavioural effects of unilateral pallidotomy and bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation... - Decision making as a predictor of first ecstasy use: a prospective studyThelma Schilt
Department of Psychiatry PB 0 429, Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 75867, 1070 AW Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 203:519-27. 2009..Few studies investigated predictors for ecstasy use. Self-reported impulsivity does not predict the initiation of ecstasy use; the question is if neuropsychological indicators of impulsivity can predict first ecstasy use...