Reference values for the Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome Scale: age and education matter

Andreas Thieme¹, Sandra Röske², Jennifer Faber^{2

3}, Patricia Sulzer^{4

5}, Martina Minnerop^{6

7

8}, Saskia Elben^{7

8}, Kathrin Reetz^{9

10}, Imis Dogan^{9

10}, Miriam Barkhoff², Jürgen Konczak¹¹, Elke Wondzinski¹², Mario Siebler¹², Susann Hetze¹³, Oliver Müller¹³, Ulrich Sure¹³, Thomas Klockgether^{2

3}, Matthis Synofzik^{4

5}, Dagmar Timmann¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
² German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Bonn, Helmholtz Association, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
³ Department of Neurology, Bonn University Hospital, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
⁴ Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center of Neurology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
⁵ German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Tübingen, Helmholtz Association, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
⁶ Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Center for Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁸ Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Aachen University Hospital, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), 52074 Aachen, Germany.
¹⁰ JARA-BRAIN Institute, Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
¹¹ School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, 400 Cooke Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
¹² Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, MediClin Fachklinik Rhein/Ruhr, 45219 Essen, Germany.
¹³ Department of Neurosurgery, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.

PMID: 33367632
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaa417

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Reference values for the Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome Scale: age and education matter

Andreas Thieme et al. Brain. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 3;144(2):e20.

doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa417.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
² German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Bonn, Helmholtz Association, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
³ Department of Neurology, Bonn University Hospital, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
⁴ Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center of Neurology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
⁵ German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Tübingen, Helmholtz Association, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
⁶ Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Center for Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁸ Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Aachen University Hospital, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), 52074 Aachen, Germany.
¹⁰ JARA-BRAIN Institute, Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
¹¹ School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, 400 Cooke Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
¹² Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, MediClin Fachklinik Rhein/Ruhr, 45219 Essen, Germany.
¹³ Department of Neurosurgery, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.

PMID: 33367632
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaa417

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