In the spotlight—Frontal lobe functions as germane to psychiatric practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 101936
Author(s):  
Ahmed Naguy
Keyword(s):  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
Frontal Lobe Functions

Frontal lobe functions and psychopathology during acute schizophrenia

1995 ◽  
Vol 15 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Jörg Püschel ◽  
Barbara Hauser ◽  
Markus Rentsch ◽  
Hans H. Stassen ◽  
Sohee Park
Keyword(s):  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Acute Schizophrenia ◽  
Frontal Lobe Functions

Beyond the Homunculus: The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobe and the Civilized Mind, by Elkhonon Goldberg. 2001. New York: Oxford University Press. 251 pp., $29.95 (HB).

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 498-499
Author(s):  
William B. Barr
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Human Brain ◽  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Frontal Lobes ◽  
Mental Activity ◽  
Good News ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Frontal Lobe Functions ◽  
The Brain

There is an old saying that one of mankind's biggest challenge will be to fully understand the functioning of the human brain. Some point out the ultimate irony of needing to utilize all 1400 grams of this organ to understand itself. When confronted with the riddle of frontal lobe functions, this argument can be extended further: the part of the brain that is considered to be most responsible for the highest forms of mental activity is likely to be pushed to its own limits in an effort to understand its own functions. While this might seem like an endless loop to some, the good news is that our field has been making serious advances in understanding the executive functions, those abilities we commonly attribute to the frontal lobes. Many of these successes are presented in a clear and engaging manner in this monograph.

Movement disorders and psychological tests of frontal lobe function in schizophrenic patients

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. W. Brown ◽  
T. White ◽  
D. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Tardive Dyskinesia ◽  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Movement Disorders ◽  
Neuropsychological Tests ◽  
Psychological Tests ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenic ◽  
Frontal Lobe Function ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Frontal Lobe Functions ◽  
Psychological Functions

SYNOPSISNeuropsychological tests of frontal lobe functions were undertaken in 46 chronic schizophrenic patients who were also rated for movement disorders. Tardive dyskinesia was found to have significant associations with most of these psychological tests. The possible mechanisms are discussed within the context of known neostriatal psychological functions.

scholarly journals Neuropsychological Profiles Differ among the Three Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 429-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alissa M. Butts ◽  
Mary M. Machulda ◽  
Joseph R. Duffy ◽  
Edythe A. Strand ◽  
Jennifer L. Whitwell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Visual Memory ◽  
Primary Progressive Aphasia ◽  
Neuropsychological Evaluation ◽  
Neurocognitive Dysfunction ◽  
Memory Processing ◽  
Progressive Aphasia ◽  
Primary Progressive ◽  
Frontal Lobe Functions ◽  
Visuospatial Functions

AbstractThe objective of this study was to describe the neuropsychological profiles of the three variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Based on a comprehensive speech and language evaluation, 91 subjects were classified as logopenic (lvPPA=51), semantic (svPPA=13), or agrammatic (agPPA=27). All subjects completed a separate neuropsychological evaluation assessing verbal and visual memory, processing speed, executive function, and visuospatial function. The groups did not differ on demographic variables or on measures of disease duration or aphasia severity. There were group differences on aspects of learning and memory, as well as aspects of executive and visuospatial functions, primarily with the lvPPA group performing lower than the agPPA and svPPA groups. The agPPA group showed subtle deficits consistent with frontal lobe impairment, whereas neurocognitive weaknesses in the svPPA group were restricted to temporal lobe functions. The pattern of neurocognitive dysfunction in lvPPA suggests disease involvement of frontal lobe functions in addition to temporoparietal functions. These neurocognitive findings emphasize the value of a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation of individuals who present with primary language disturbance, given the pattern of cognitive deficits may provide additive information for differentiating these clinical syndromes. (JINS, 2015, 21, 429–435)

P-1233 - CTLA-4 and CD28 gene polymorphism with respect to frontal lobe functions in schizophrenia

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
D. Frydecka ◽  
A. Beszlej ◽  
L. Karabon ◽  
E. Pawlak ◽  
A. Kiejna
Keyword(s):  
Gene Polymorphism ◽  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Frontal Lobe Functions

Specific Psychological Deficits in Alcoholism

1978 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Cutting
Keyword(s):  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Chronic Alcoholism ◽  
Picture Memory ◽  
Heavy Drinkers ◽  
Frontal Lobe Functions ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Fluency Test

SummaryForty alcoholics and 40 controls were compared on tests of frontal lobe functions, abstracting ability, and verbal and picture memory. Alcoholics were inferior to controls, and heavy drinkers poorer than moderate ones (life-time alcohol consumption) on picture memory and a verbal fluency test of frontal lobe functions. Verbal memory and abstracting ability were not significantly impaired. Although this pattern may indicate that frontal and right temporal areas of the brain are particularly vulnerable to the effects of chronic alcoholism, the possibility that it may merely reflect general sensitivity of the tests to brain damage cannot be ruled out.

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