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Species | Otto PedrazaSummaryAffiliation: Mayo Clinic Country: USA Publications
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Diagnostic validity of age and education corrections for the Mini-Mental State Examination in older African AmericansOtto Pedraza
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:328-31. 2012....- Robust and expanded norms for the Dementia Rating ScaleOtto Pedraza
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 25:347-58. 2010..The current study presents a reappraisal of the original MOANS DRS norms, provides robust and expanded norms based on a sample of 894 adults age 55 and over, and critically evaluates the benefits of robust norming... 
Reliable change on the Dementia Rating ScaleOtto Pedraza
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 13:716-20. 2007..In addition, preliminary cross-validation was performed in a clinical comparison sample of another 22 older adults. The findings are discussed in the context of potential clinical and research applications...- Measurement in cross-cultural neuropsychologyOtto Pedraza
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
Neuropsychol Rev 18:184-93. 2008.... - Differential item functioning of the Boston Naming Test in cognitively normal African American and Caucasian older adultsOtto Pedraza
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:758-68. 2009..These findings afford a finer characterization of the psychometric properties of the BNT and expand our understanding of between-group performance... - Difficulty and discrimination parameters of Boston naming test items in a consecutive clinical seriesOtto Pedraza
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 26:434-44. 2011..These findings may be used to develop short forms, improve reliability in future test versions by replacing psychometrically poor items, and analyze profiles of intra-individual variability... 
Reliable change on the Boston naming testBonnie C Sachs
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 18:375-8. 2012..These findings may help clinicians and researchers to characterize with greater precision the temporal changes in confrontation naming ability...- Imaging and acetylcholinesterase inhibitor response in dementia with Lewy bodiesJonathan Graff-Radford
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Brain 135:2470-7. 2012..Patients with dementia with Lewy bodies who do not have the imaging features of coexistent Alzheimer's disease-related pathology are more likely to cognitively improve with acetylcholinesterase inhibitor treatment... - Characterization of frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with the GGGGCC repeat expansion in C9ORF72Bradley F Boeve
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Brain 135:765-83. 2012..While variability exists, most cases with this mutation have a characteristic spectrum of demographic, clinical, neuropsychological, neuroimaging and especially neuropathological findings... - Association of common KIBRA variants with episodic memory and AD riskJeremy D Burgess
Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
Neurobiol Aging 32:557.e1-9. 2011..06) but not cerebellum. These results suggest a modest role for KIBRA as a cognition and AD risk gene, and also highlight the multifactorial complexity of its genetic associations... - Evaluation of subclinical cerebral injury and neuropsychologic function in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomyJuergen Falkensammer
Section of Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 22:497-504. 2008..This was the only individual to obtain a consistently high S100B and NSE increase. Neuropsychological testing combined with measurements of S100B and NSE may improve sensitivity when assessing subtle cerebral damage following CEA... - Mayo's older African American normative studies: confirmatory factor analysis of a core batteryOtto Pedraza
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 11:184-91. 2005.... - Differential profiles of verbal learning in traumatic brain injuryJason A Demery
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Gainesville, Florida 32610 0165, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 24:818-27. 2002..85, p <.001). Thus, it is concluded that a two-cluster classification solution provides a parsimonious understanding of verbal learning profiles after TBI...