%0 Journal Article
%T Executive attention and working memory in narcoleptic outpatients
%A Moraes
%A Mirleny
%A Rossini
%A Sueli
%A Reim£żo
%A Rubens
%J Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
%D 2012
%I Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO
%R 10.1590/S0004-282X2012005000007
%X objective: this pioneering study aimed to evaluate executive attention and working memory in brazilian narcoleptic outpatients. methods: narcoleptic group: 19 treated narcoleptic outpatients (13 f; 6 m) (mean age=37.58; sd = 8.93); control group: 19 subjects (15 f; 4 m) (mean age=34.42; sd=12.31). instruments: epworth sleepiness scale - brazilian portuguese version (ess-br), victoria stroop test (vst), trail making test (tmt) and letter-number sequencing (lns) of wais-iii. results: significant difference at excessive daytime sleepiness (eds) (p<0.001) and at working memory (p=0.009) with worse results for narcoleptic patients. patients were slower at vst-1 (p=0.002), vst-2 (p=0.045) and at tmt-a (p=0.016), tmt-b (p=0.006) and b-a (p=0.024). conclusion: narcoleptic patients showed higher degrees of eds, an impaired executive attention at a temporal level and lower performance in working memory when compared to normal controls.
%K sleep
%K narcolepsy
%K neuropsychology
%K attention
%K memory
%K working memory
%K executive function.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-282X2012000500006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en