Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Ronald F. Zec, Ph.D., ABPN, ABPP (CN)

May 7, 2007

PERSONAL DATA:

Office Address:
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
751 North Rutledge
Springfield, IL 62702

Office Telephone: (217) 545-7190/545-7197

Fax: (217) 545-1903

E-mail: rzec@siumed.edu

Date of Birth: September 6, 1949

EDUCATION:

1967 Woodbridge High School
Woodbridge, New Jersey

1971 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
B.A. Psychology
Undergraduate Henry Rutgers Scholar's Thesis: Effects of desalivation on drinking and air-licking induced by water deprivation and hypertonic saline injections.

1975 University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
M.A. in Experimental/Physiological Psychology
Master's Thesis: Electrical Self-Stimulation of the Lateral Hypothalamus in Rats

1977 University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Ph.D. in Experimental/Physiological Psychology
Dissertation: Studies of non nutritive reinforcers for water deprived rats:
Suppression of fluid intake, licking "in vacuo", and an oral oropharyngeal gradient of reinforcement

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWHIPS:

1971 - 1975 NIMH Public Health Training Grant in Experimental Psychology
1967 - 1971 New Jersey State Scholarship

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATE OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION:

1999 Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology (CPQ #427) from the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)
1985 Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Illinois (License No. 071 0032520)
1985 Licensed in Psychology in Virginia
1984 Licensed for the Professional Practice of Psychology in Maryland
1983 Licensed for the Professional Practice of Psychology in the District of Columbia

BOARD CERTIFICATION (DIPLOMATE):

1997 Diplomate from the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN) and
the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)
1991 Diplomate from the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology (ABPN)
(Diploma No. 228) (Board certification by work samples and oral examination)
1985 Diplomate from the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology (ABPN)
(Diploma No. 124) (Board certification by work samples)

HONORS AND AWARDS:

1999 Elected a Fellow in the National Academy of Neuropsychology
1997-present Membership in the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
1991 Elected to Who's Who in the Midwest
1977 Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
1971 Graduated with High Distinction in Psychology, Rutgers University
1970-1971 Henry Rutgers Scholar in Psychology, Rutgers University
1966 Superior Achievement in the field of Mathematics (National High School & Junior College Mathematics Club)
1965 Chamber of Commerce Scholastic Achievement Award

POSITIONS HELD:

1994 - present Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology
SIU Center for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders
National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence (2001 - present)
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois

1984 - 1994 Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry (1984 - 1994)
Department of Neurology (1989 - 1994)
Center for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders (1988 - 1994) Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois

1986 - present Head, Neuropsychology Section
SIU Center for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, Springfield, Illinois

1998 - present Adjunct Associate Professor
Gerontology Program
University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, Illinois

1993 - 1994 Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology Cross Appointment
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois

1992 - present Adjunct Faculty Member
Adler School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, Illinois

1989 - 1993 Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Neurology) -Cross Appointment
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois

1996 - 2000 Consultant to Gateway Youth Care Foundation: Chemical Dependence Prevention and Treatment
Springfield, Illinois

1992 - 2001 Consultant to St. John's Psychiatric Unit
St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Illinois

1984 - 1990 Clinical Care Consultant in Psychology
McFarland Mental Health Center, Springfield, Illinois

1983 - 1984 Director of Neuropsychology
Section on Clinical Neuropsychiatry and Neurobehavior
National Institute of Mental Health, Washington, D.C.

1983 - 1984 Clinical Care Consultant in Psychology to the Clinical
Center of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

1978 - 1980 Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Lafayette College. Easton, Pennsylvania

1977 - 1978 Postdoctoral work in Physiological Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

1980 - 1984 Senior Staff Fellow
National Institute of Mental Health
Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, D.C.

1971 - 1975 National Institutes of Mental Health
NIMH Public Health Training Grant in Experimental Psychology
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

American Psychological Association (APA)
American Neuropsychiatric Association
APA Division 40 (Neuropsychology and Assessment)
APA Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging)
International Neuropsychology Society
National Academy of Neuropsychology
Society of Neuroscience
American Neuropsychiatric Association/Behavioral Neurology Society
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) Associateship
Midwest Neuropsychology Group
Central Illinois Psychological Society
American College of Forensic Examiners

OFFICES HELD:

1990 - 1991 President of the Central Illinois Psychological Society
1989 - 1990 Treasurer Secretary of the Central Illinois Psychological Society

PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES:

1991 - 1992 Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology) APA Program Committee
1992 Paper Session Chairman: APA: Neuropsychology of Aging and Dementia
1989 - 1999 Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Service (DORS) Head Injury Task Force
(Appointed November 22, 1989)
Professional Advisory Board for the Epilepsy Association of Lincoln Land

REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS AND BOARDS:

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
Neuropsychology Review
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN)

PUBLICATIONS:

Empirical Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

1) Mendelson, J., Zec, R. and Chillag, D. Schedule dependency of schedule induced air licking. Physiol. Behav. 7: 207 210, 1971.

2) Mendelson, J., Zec, R. and Chillag, D. Effects of desalivation on drinking and air licking induced by water deprivation and hypertonic saline injections. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 80:30 42, 1972.

3) Mendelson, J. and Zec, R. Effects of lingual denervation and desalivation on airlicking in the rat. Physiol. Behav. 8: 711 714, 1972.

4) Mendelson, J., Redwine, J.N., Oke, A.F., Plotsky, P.M., Zec, R. and Freed, W.J. Effects of partial ageusia and anosmia on threshold for stimulus bound feeding and drinking in rats. Behav. Biol. 12: 1 19, 1974.

5) Berman, K.F., Weinberger, D.R., Morihisa, J.M. and Zec, R.F. Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Psychiatry: Application to Clinical Research. In: Brain Imaging in Psychiatry, Morihisa, J.M. (ed.), American Psychiatry Press, Washington, D.C., 41 64, 1984.

6) Mirsky, A.F., DeLisi, L.E., Buchsbaum, M.S., Quinn, O.W., Scherdt, P. Siever, L.J., Mann, L., Weingartner, H., Zec, R., Sostek, A., Alterman, I., Revere, V., Dawson, S.D. and Zahn, T.P. Genain Quadruplets Psychological studies. Psychiatr. Res. 13, 77 93, 1984.

7) Shore, D., Korpi, E.R., Bigelow, L.B., Zec, R.F. and Wyatt, R.J. Fenfluramine and chronic schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry, 20: 329 352, 1985.

8) Weinberger, D.R., Berman, K.F. and Zec, R.F. Physiological dysfunction of dorsolateral pre frontal cortex in schizophrenia: I. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) evidence. Archives of General Psychiatry, 43, 114 124, 1986.

9) Berman, K.F., Zec, R.F. and Weinberger, D.R. Physiological dysfunction of dorsolateral pre frontal cortex in schizophrenia: II. Role of neuroleptic treatment, attention, and mental effort. Archives of General Psychiatry, 43, 126 135, 1986

10) Berman, K.F., Weinberger, D.R., Shelton R.C. and Zec, R.F. A relationship between anatomical and physiological brain pathology in schizophrenia: Lateral cerebral ventricular size predicts cortical blood flow. American Journal of Psychiatry, 144: 1277 1282, 1987.

11) Weinberger, D.R., Berman, K.F., Iadarola, M., Driesen, N. and Zec, R.F. Prefrontal cortical blood flow and cognitive function in Huntington's disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 51: 94 104, 1988.

12) Becker, R.E., Colliver, J., Elble, R., Feldman, E., Giacobini, E., Kumar, V., Markwell, S., Moriearty, P., Parks, R., Shillcutt, S.D., Unni, L., Vicari, S., Womack, C., and Zec, R. F. Effects of Metrifonate, A Long
Acting Cholinesterase Inhibitor, in Alzheimer Disease: Report of an Open Trial. Drug Developmental Research 19: 425 434, 1990.

13) Parks, R.W., Zec, R.F., Kuhn, M., Vicari, S., Feldman, E., Coburn, K.L., Ashford, J.W., Crockett, D.J., Moreno, M.A., and Rashid, A. Electrocortical Mapping, MRI, and Neuropsychological Measures: Evidence
of Alzheimer's Disease in the Presence of Vascular Lesions. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 6, 393 408, 1991.

14) Davis, K.L., Thal, L.J., Gamzu, E.R., Davis, C.S., Woolson, R.F., Gracon, S., Drachman, D.A., Schneider, L.S., Whitehouse, P.J., Hoover, T.M., Morris, J.C., Kawas, C.H., Knopman, D.S., Earl, N.L., Kumar, V., Doody, R.S., and the Tacrine Collaborative Study Group (including Zec, R.F.). A Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Multicenter Study of Tacrine for Alzheimer's Disease. The New England Journal of Medicine, 327 (18),
1253 1259, 1992.

15) Zec, R. F., Landreth, E. S., Vicari, S. K., Feldman, E., Belman, J., Andrise, A., Robbs, R., Kumar, V., Becker, R. Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale: Useful for Both Early Detection and Staging of
Dementia of the Alzheimer Type. Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders An International Journal, 6 (2), 89 102, 1992.

16) Zec, R. F., Landreth, E. S., Vicari, S. K., Belman, J., Feldman, E., Andrise, A., Robbs, R., Becker, R., and Kumar, V. Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale: A Subtest Analysis. Alzheimer Disease and Related
Disorders An International Journal, 6 (3), 164 181, 1992.

17) Zec, R., Landreth, E., Belman, J., Fritz, S., Hasara, A., Fraiser, W., Wainman, S., McCool, M., Grames, E., O'Connell, C., Harris, R., Robbs, R., Elble, R., and Manyam, B. A Comparison of Phonemic, Semantic, and Alternating Word Fluency in Parkinson Disease. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 14 (3), 255-264, 1999.

18) Zec, R. F., Zellers, D., Belman, J., Miller, J., Matthews, J., Ferneau-Belman, D., and Robbs, R. Long Term Consequences of Severe Closed Head Injury on Episodic Memory, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 23 (5), 671-691, 2001.

19) Zec, R.F., Markwell, S.J., Burkett, N.R. and Larsen, D.L. A Longitudinal Study of Confrontation Naming in the "Normal" Elderly. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 716-726, 2005.

20) Zec, R.F., Burkett, N.R., Markwell, S.J., and Larsen, D.L. A Cross-Sectional Study of the Effects of Age, Education, and Gender on the Boston Naming Test. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 21, 569-598, 2007.

21) Zec, R.F., Burkett, N.R., Markwell, S.J., and Larsen, D.L. Normative Data Stratified for Age, Education, and Gender on the Boston Naming Test. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 21, 599-619, 2007.

Critical and Theoretical Review Articles Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals

1) Freed, W.J. and Zec, R. Criteria for ruling out sedation as an interpretation of neuroleptic effects. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 5: 57 59, 1982.

2) Zec, R.F. and Weinberger, D.R. The relationship between CT scan findings and neuropsychological performance in chronic schizophrenia. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 9, 49 61, 1986.

3) Parks, R., Crockett, D.J., Tuokko, H., Beattie, B.L., Ashford, J.W., Coburn, K., Zec, R.F., Becker, R.E., McGeer, P.L., & McGeer, E.G. Neuropsychological "Systems Efficiency" and Position Emission Tomography.
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 1, 269 282, 1989.

4) Parks, R.W., Long, D.L., Levine, D.S., Crockett, D.J., McGeer, E.G., and McGeer, P.L. Dalton, I.E., Zec, R.F., Becker, R.E., Coburn, K.L., Siler, G., Nelson, M.E., and Bower, J.M. Parallel Distributed
Processing and Neural Networks: Origins and Methodology and Cognitive Functions. The International Journal of Neuroscience, 60, 195 214, 1991.

5) Zec, R.F. Neuropsychology of Aging. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Neurobiology and Neuroendocrinology of Aging. Experimental Gerontology, 30, 1-12, 1995.

6) Zec, R. F. Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia According to Kraepelin: Disorders of Volition and Executive Functioning, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 245, 216-223, 1995.

7) Zec, R.F. and Trivedi, M. Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Cognitive Aging and Dementia Risk in Postmenopausal Women: A Review of Ongoing Large Scale, Long Term Clinical Trials. Climacteric: The Journal of the International Menopause Society, 5, 122-134, 2002.

8) Zec, R.F. and Trivedi, M. The effects of Estrogen Replacement Therapy on Neuropsychological Functioning in Postmenopausal Women with and without Dementia: A Critical and Theoretical Review. Neuropsychology Review, 12 (2), 65-109, 2002.

Lettters in Peer-Reviewed Journals

1) Zec, R.F. and Trivedi, M. Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cognition In Postmenopausal Women (Letter). Journal of the American Medical Association, 285 (23), 2974-2975, 2001.

2) Zec, R.F. and Trivedi, M. Early Termination of the Estrogen-Progestin Trial of the Women's Health Initiative (Letter). Climacteric: The Journal of the International Menopause Society, 5, 304, 2002.

Books

1) Parks, R.W., Zec, R.F. and Wilson, R.S. (Editors). Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias. Oxford University Press, New York, 1993, 3rd printing.

Book Chapters

1) Freed, W.J., Zec, R.F. and Mendelson, J. Schedule induced polydipsia: The role of orolingual factors and a new hypothesis. In: Drinking Behavior: Oral Stimulation, Reinforcement and Preference, Weijnen, J.A.W.M. and Mendelson, J. (eds.), Plenum Press, 1977.

2) Berman, K.F., Weinberger, D.R., Morihisa, J.M. and Zec, R.F. Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Psychiatry: Application to Clinical Research. In: Brain Imaging in Psychiatry, Morihisa, J.M. (ed), American Psychiatry Press, Washington, D.C., 41 64, 1984.

3) Zec, R.F. and Weinberger, D.R. Brain sites implicated in schizophrenia: A selective overview. In: Nasrallah H.A., and Weinberger D.R. (Eds): Handbook of Schizophrenia, Elsevier Science Publishers, Ch. 8, 175 206, 1986.

4) Zec, R.F. Effects of physostigmine on recognition memory in Alzheimer's disease: A comparative review. In: Current Research in Alzheimer Therapy: Cholinesterase Inhibitors , Giacobini E. and Becker R. (eds), New York: Taylor and Francis, 1988.

5) Elble, R.J., Giacobini, E., Becker, R., Zec, R.F., Vicari, S., Womack, C., Williams, E. & Higgins, C. Treatment of Alzheimer dementia with steady state infusion of physostigmine. In Current Research in Alzheimer Therapy: Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Giacobini E., Becker R. (eds), New York: Taylor and Francis, 1988.

6) Kumar, V., Domino, L., Salama, A. and Zec, R.F. Mental changes associated with strokes. In Strokes in the Elderly: Anand K.B. (Ed.), Mahalazmi Medical Publishers, 1990.

7) Zec, R.F. Neuropsychology: Normal Aging Versus Early AD. In Alzheimer Disease: Current Research in Early Diagnosis, Becker, R.E. and Giacobini, E. (eds.), New York: Taylor and Francis, 105 117, 1990.

8) Zec, R.F., Parks, R.W., Gambach, J., and Vicari, S. The Executive Board System: An Innovative Approach to Cognitive Behavior Rehabilitation in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury. In: Handbook of Head Trauma:
Acute Care to Recovery, Long, J.C. and Ross L.K. (eds.), Ch. 13, Plenum Press, New York, 1992, 219 230.

9) Zec, R.F. Neuropsychological functioning in Alzheimer disease. In: Neuropsychology of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias, Parks, R.W., Zec, R.F., Wilson, R.S. (Eds.), Oxford Press, New York, pps. 3 80, 1993.

10) Ashford, J.W. and Zec, R.F. Pharmacologic Treatment in Alzheimer's Disease. In: Neuropsychology of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias, Parks, R.W., Zec, R.F., Wilson (Eds.), Oxford Press, New York,
pps. 589 614, 1993.

11) Zec, R. F., Landreth, E.S., Bird, E., Harris, R.B., Robbs, R., Markwell, S.J., and McManus, D.Q. Psychometric Strengths and Weaknesses of the Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale in Clinical Testing: Recommendations for Improvements. Advances in Alzheimer Therapy, edited by E. Giacobini and R. Becker, Birkhauser, Boston, 444-449, 1994.

Book Reviews

1) Zec, R. Alzheimer Disease: From A to Z. Contemporary Psychology, 43 (7), 496-497, 1998.

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS AT REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS AND ASSOCIATED PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS:

1970-1978 (5 abstracts/presentations)
1) Mendelson, J., Zec, R. and Chillag, D. Failure to demonstrate feeding associated airlicking in desalivate rats. Amer. Zool., 10, 473, 1970.

2) Mendelson, J., Zec, R. and Chillag, D. Failure to demonstrate feeding associated airlicking in desalivate rats. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1970.

3) Mendleson, J. and Zec, R. Effects of desalivation of drinking and airlicking in rats. Fourth Int. Cong. on the Reg. of Food and Water Intake, Cambridge, England, 1971.

4) Mendelson, J., Chillag, D. and Zec, R. The sensory basis of airlicking rodents. Proc. XXth Int. Cong, of Psychol., Tokyo, Japan, 1972.

5) Zec, R.F. Studies of non nutritive reinforcers for water deprived rats: Suppression of fluid intake, licking "in vacuo", and an oral oropharyngeal gradient of reinforcement. Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume XXXVIII, No. 11, 1978.

1982 (1 abstract/presentation)
6) Kaufmann, C.A., Cutler, N.R. Jeste, D.V., Zec, R.F., Linnoila, M. and Watt, R.J. Neuroleptic induced Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: A case with behavioral biochemical pharmacological findings. Soc. of Biol. Psychiatry Annual Meeting, 1982.

1983 (3 abstracts/presentations)
7) Lawson, W.B., Jeste, D.V., Phelps, B.H., Kopp, U., Bigelow, L.B., Hanin, I. and Zec, R. Choline red blood cells and plasma in chronic schizophrenic inpatients. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Boston, 1983.

8) Zec, R.F., Berman, K.F., Morihisa, J., Wyatt, R.J. and Weinberger, D.R. Regional cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia. American Psychiatric Assoc. Meeting, New York, 1983.

9) Zec, R.F. The Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia. The Baltimore Washington Neuropsychological Society, Baltimore, MD, 1983.

1984 (10 abstracts/presentations)
10) Zec, R.F., Wyatt, R.J. and Weinberger, D.R. The Stroop Color Word Test:
A paradigm for skill learning. Methods and Techniques in Cognitive Rehabilitation, Indianapolis, 1984.

11) Zec, R.F., Pickar, D. and Weinberger, D.R. A spectrum of neuropsychological impairment in chronic schizophrenia. Soc. Biol. Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 1984.

12) Berman, K.F., Zec, R.F. and Weinberger, D.R. Impaired frontal cortical function in schizophrenia. I: rCBF evidence. Soc. Biol. Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 1984.

13) Weinberger, D.R., Berman, K.F. and Zec, R.F. Impaired frontal cortical
function in schizophrenia. II: Role of neuroleptics and of cognitive activation. Soc. Biol. Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 1984.

14) Weinberger, D.R., Berman, K. F., Zec, R.F. and Iadarola, M.K. Effect of
stimulated emotional state on cortical blood flow. Soc. Biol. Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 1984.

15) Sherer, M., Zec, R. and Bigelow, L.B. Post visual trace versus iconic store in chronic schizophrenia. Soc. Biol. Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 1984.

16) Weinberger, D.R., Berman, K.F. and Zec, R.F. Impaired frontal cortical function in schizophrenia: rCBF evidence. CINP Congress, Florence, 1984.

17) Weinberger, D.R., Berman, K.F. and Zec, R.F. Effect of stimulated emotional state on cortical blood flow. CINP Congress, Florence, Italy, 1984.

18) Berman, K.F., Weinberger, D.R.and Zec, R.F. Frontal cortical dysfunction in schizophrenia. American Psychiatric Association, New Research, 1984.

19) Berman, K.F., Zec, R.F. and Weinberger, D.R. A positive correlation between frontal cortical blood flow and performance during cognitive testing in chronic schizophrenic patients. Society for Neuroscience, Anaheim, California, 1984.

1985 (3 abstracts/presentations)
20) Berman, K.F., Shelton, R.C., Zec, R.F. and Weinberger, D.R. Frontal lobe structure and function in schizophrenia. American Psychiatric Association, New Research, 1985.

21) Zec, R.F. The Neuropsychological sequelae of the chronic schizophrenic process. Midwest Neuropsychological Group Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, 1985.

22) Zec, R.F. Working with the psychiatrically disabled: A new approach The Executive Board System. Tenth Annual Meeting and Conference of the Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Springfield, Illinois, 1985.

1986 (5 abstracts/presentations)
23) Zec, R.F. The Stroop Color Word Test: A paradigm for skill learning.
Ninth Annual Midwest Neurobiology Meeting, Springfield, Illinois, 1986.

24) Zec, R.F. and Meisler, N. Executive Board System: A new approach to cognitive behavior modification. Eleventh Annual IAPSRS Conference: International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services, Cleveland, Ohio, 1986.

25) Zec, R.F. and Pliskin, N. A dramatic improvement in neuropsychological functioning in a schizoaffective patient with neuroleptic treatment.Sixth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists,
Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1986. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology,
1, 275, 1986.

26) Zec, R.F. The Stroop Color Word: A paradigm for procedural learning.
Sixth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists,
Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1986. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 1, 274 275, 1986.

27) Zec, R.F. Memory, the Cholinergic System and Alzheimer's Disease. Society of Neuroscience (Sangamon County Chapter Meeting), Springfield, Illinois, November, 1986.

1987 (6 abstracts/presentations)
28) Zec, R.F. The Executive Board System in the Elderly: Research.
Governor's Conference on Long Term Care, Chicago, Illinois, 1987.

29) Zec, R.F. The Executive Board System in the Elderly: Practical Applications. Governor's Conference on Long Term Care, Chicago, Illinois, 1987.

30) Berman, K.F., Weinberger, D.R., and Zec, R.F. Frontal Lobe Failure in Chronic Schizophrenia, American Psychiatric Association Meeting, Chicago, 1987.

31) Zec, R.F. & Weinberger, D.R. Neuropsychological Sequelae of Chronic Schizophrenia, Seventh Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Chicago, 1987.

32) Zec, R.F. & Sostek, A. The Stroop Test: A Comparison of the Genain Quadruplets On and Off Neuroleptic Medication, Seventh Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Chicago, 1987.

33) Zec, R.F. Residual Neuropsychological Deficits and Frontal Lobe Failure in Chronic Schizophrenia. Society for Neuroscience (Sangamon County Chapter Meeting), Springfield, Illinois, October, 1987.

1988 (7 abstracts/presentations)
34) Zec, R.F. & Weinberger, D.R. Residual Neuropsychological Impairments in Chronic Schizophrenia, International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, New Orleans, 1988, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 11 (1), 1988.

35) Zec, R.F., Gambach, J. and Meyers, R.D. Improved Adaptive Functioning in Schizophrenia, International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, New Orleans, 1988; Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 11 (1), 1988.

36) Zec, R.F. The Use of the Executive Board System with Cognitively Impaired Elderly Residents in Nursing Homes, Sangamon State University Long Term Care Conference, Springfield, Illinois, 1988.

37) Zec, R.F. The Cholinergic System, Memory and Alzheimer's Disease: A Critical Review. Advances in Alzheimer Therapy: Cholinesterase Inhibitors. Springfield, Illinois, 1988.

38) Elble, R.J., Giacobini, E., Becker, R., Zec, R.F., Vicari, S., Womack, C., Williams, E., Higgins, C. Treatment of Alzheimer's Dementia with Steady State Infusion of Physostigmine. Advances in Alzheimer Therapy: Cholinesterase Inhibitors. Springfield, Illinois, 1988.

39) Giacobini, E., Becker, R., McIlhany, M., Unni, L. and Zec, R. Intracerebroventricular Administration of Physostigmine: Preclinical and Clinical Experience in Alzheimer Patients. Advances in Alzheimer Therapy: Cholinesterase Inhibitors. Springfield, Illinois, 1988.

40) Kumar, V., Zec, R., Vicari, S. and Giacobini, E. A Significant Correlation between CSF Protein and Word Fluency in Alzheimer Disease Patients. American Gerontological Society Meeting, 1988.

1989 (6 abstracts/presentations)
41) Zec, R.F. Effects of Physostigmine on Recognition Memory in AD. Eighth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, Orlando, 1988. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 4, 131, 1989.

42) Zec, R.F. Kraepelin, Dementia Praecox and Impairments in Executive Functioning. Eighth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, Orlando, 1988. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 4, 147, 1989.

43) Zec, R.F., Vicari, S., & Kumar, V. Psychometric Properties of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS). Eighth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, Orlando, 1988. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 4, 148, 1989.

44) Berman, K.F., Zec, R.F., & Weinberger, D.R. Frontal cortical dysfunction in schizophrenia. Symposia presentation, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C.

45) Zec, R.F. The Executive Board Program for Managing Daily Living.
Invited Presentation. Illinois Head Injury Association, Springfield, 1989.

46) Zec, R.F., E. Landreth, E. Feldman, S. Vicari, J. Belman, A. Andrise, S. Pinto, J. Engelman, V. Kumar, and R. Becker. A Comparison of Alzheimer patients and elderly controls on the Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale. Ninth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1989: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 5 (2), 229, 1990.

1990 (4 abstracts/presentations)
47) Zec, R.F., Andrise, A., Vicari, S., Feldman, E., Belman, J., Landreth, E., & Markwell, S. A Comparison of Phonemic and Semantic Word Fluency in Alzheimer Patients and Elderly Controls. 18th Annual Meeting of the
International Neuropsychological Society, Orlando, 1990; Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 12 (1), 64, 1990.

48) Zec, R.F., Vicari, S., Andrise, A., Belman, J. and Landreth. A Comparison of Confrontational and Generative Naming in Alzheimer Patients and Elderly Controls. Presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the New York Neuropsychology Group in conjunction with The New York Academy of Sciences, Psychology Section. New York, 1990. The International Journal of Neuroscience, 63, 245, 1992.

49) Zec, R.F. and S. Vicari. Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test: Utility in dementia evaluations. American Psychological Association Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 4 (3), 281, 1990.

50) Zec, R. F., J. Miller, D. Zellers, J. Belman, J. Matthews, D. Belman, M. Payne, S. Vicari, R. Robbs, and S. Verhulst. Residual Attentional Impairments After Prolonged Coma Due to Traumatic Brain Injury.
Abstract 206.10. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, St. Louis, 1990. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 16 (1), 457, 1990.

1991 (13 abstracts/presentations)
51) Zec, R. F., Belman, D., Belman, J., Miller, J., Zellers, D., Matthews, J., Vicari, S., Kocis, M., Robbs, R., and Verhulst, S. The long term effects of severe TBI on confrontational and generative naming. Tenth Annual
Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Reno, 1990. Abstract #57. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 6, 238-239 , 1991.

52) Zec, R. F., Belman, J., Matthews, J., Zellers, D., Belman, D., Miller, J., Verhulst, S., Robbs, R., Vicari, S., and Kocis, M. The long term effects of severe TBI on visuospatial functioning. Abstract #58. Tenth Annual
Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Reno, 1990. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 6, 238, 1991.

53) Zec, R. F., Matthews, J., Belman, D., Belman, J., Miller, J., Zellers, D., Robbs, R., Verhulst, S, Kocis, M., and Vicari, S. Persistent deficits in problem solving after severe TBI. Abstract #59. Tenth Annual Meeting
of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Reno, 1990. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 6, 239-240, 1991.

54) Zec, R. F., Miller, J., Zellers, D., Belman, D., Matthews, J., Belman, J., Kocis, M., Vicari, S., Robbs, R. & Verhulst, S. Relatively mild chronic deficits on the PASAT in severe TBI. Abstract #60. Tenth Annual Meeting
of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Reno, 1990. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 6, 240, 1991.

55) Zec, R. F., Belman, J., Matthews, J., Zellers, D., Ferneau, D., Miller, J., Verhulst, S., Robbs, R., Vicari, S., and Kocis, M. Long term effects of severe TBI on Auditory, Tactile, and Motor Functioning. International
Neuropsychology Society, San Antonio, 1991; Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 13 (1), 24, 1991.

56) Zec, R. F., Zellers, D., Miller, J., Matthews, J., Belman, J., Ferneau, D., Vicari, S., Kocis, M., Verhulst, S., Robbs, R. Severe long term deficits in episodic memory after severe TBI. International Neuropsychology Society, San Antonio, 1991; Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 13 (1), 92, 1991.

57) Zec, R. F., Landreth, E. S., Vicari, S. K., Feldman, E., Belman, J., Andrise, A., Robbs, R., Kumar, V., Becker, R. ADAS: Useful for Both Early Detection and Staging of Dementia. American Psychological
Association Meeting, San Francisco, California, 1991; The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 5 (3), 254, 1991.

58) Zec, R. F., Vicari, S.K., Zellers, D., Miller, J., Matthews, J., Belman, J., Belman, D., Kocis, M., Robbs, R., Verhulst, S. Verbal Memory Impairment in Mild Dementia and Severe Head Trauma. American
Psychological Association Meeting, San Francisco, California, 1991; The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 5 (3), 257 258, 1991.

59) Zec, R. F. The Very Long Term Consequences of Very Severe Closed Head Injury: Memory Functioning. Midwest Neuropsychological Group Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, 1991.

60) Zec, R.F., Zellers, D., Miller, J., Matthews, J., Belman, J., Ferneau, D., Vicari, S., Kocis, M., Verhulst, S., Robbs, R. The WMS R May Overestimate Visual Memory. 12th Annual Conference of the New York Neuropsychology Group in conjunction with The New York Academy of Sciences, Psychology Section. New York, The International Journal of Neuroscience, 1991.

61) Zec, R. F., Landreth, E. S., Vicari, S. K., Feldman, E., Belman, J., Andrise, A., Robbs, R., Kumar, V., Becker, R. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Using the ADAS as a Measure of Cognitive Functioning in
Clinical Psychopharmacological Studies. Second International Springfield Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer Therapy, P63, May 3 5, Springfield, Illinois, 1991.

62) Zec, R. F., J. Belman, J. Miller, D. Zellers, J. Matthews, D. Ferneau, S. Vicari, M. Kocis, S. Verhulst and R. Robbs. The Very Long Term Consequences of Severe CHI on IQ. 21st Annual Meeting Society for
Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991; Abstract 288.7. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 17 (1), 722, 1991.

63) Zec, R. F., Vicari, S., Andrise, A., Landreth, E., Belman, J., Ferneau, D., Miller, J., Zellers, D., Matthews, J., Kocis, M., Robbs, R., & Verhulst, S. Confrontational and generative naming in very mild DAT vs
very severe CHI. Eleventh Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Dallas, 1991. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 1991.

1992 (9 abstracts/presentations)
64) Zec, R. F., Matthews, J., Belman, J., Ferneau, D., Miller, J., Zellers, D., Robbs, R., Verhulst, S., Vicari, S., and Kocis, M. Severe Problem Solving Deficits in Chronic Schizophrenia and Severe CHI. Twentieth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychology Society, San Diego, 1992. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 14 (1), 73, 1992.

65) Zec, R.F., Miller, J., Zellers, D., Matthews, J., Belman, J., Ferneau, D., Robbs, R., Verhulst, S., Vicari, S., and Kocis, M. Performance on Trails Making Tests A and B in Chronic Schizophrenia and Severe Closed Head Injury. 13th Annual Conference of the New York Neuropsychology Group in conjunction with The New York Academy of Sciences, Psychology Section, New York, The International Journal of Neuroscience, 1992.

66) Zec, R.F. A Re examination of Kraepelin's Conceptualization of Schizophrenia as a Disorder of Volition using Modern Concepts of Metacognition and Executive Functioning. 13th Annual Conference of the New York Neuropsychology Group in conjunction with The New York Academy of Sciences, Psychology Section. New York, The International Journal of Neuroscience, 1992.

67) Zec, R. F., Landreth, E. S., Vicari, S. K., Feldman, E., Belman, J., Andrise, A., Robbs, R., Kumar, V., Becker, R. Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale: Utility in Both Early Detection and Measuring Severity of Dementia of the Alzheimer Type. Midwest Neuropsychology Group Meeting, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, May 21 and 22, 1992.

68) Zec, R. F., Vicari, S. K., Kocis, M., Reynolds, T. Sensitivity of Different Neuropsychological Tests to Very Mild DAT. American Psychological Association Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1992.
The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 6 (3), 327, 1992.

69) Zec, R. F., Kocis, M., Vicari, S., Bruner, D. A Case of Severe Amnesia Undetected by the Halstead Reitan Battery. American Psychological Association Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1992. The Clinical
Neuropsychologist, 6 (3), 332, 1992.

70) Coburn, K.L., Ashford, J.W., and Zec, R.F. Uses of Brain Electrical Activity Mapping in the Detection of Alzheimer's Disease in the Presence of Vascular Lesions. Proceedings of the KNAW/EBBS Workshop on Functional Brain Imaging, 1 (1), 18, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 8, 1992.

71) Zec, R.F., McCool, M., Grames, E., Landreth, E., Hasara, A., Fraiser, W., Fritz, S., Wainman, S., Belman, J., Harris, R., O'Connell, C., Robbs, R., Manyam, B., and Elble, R. Problem Solving Ability in Parkinson Disease.
22st Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Anaheim, California, 1992, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 18, 395.10, 1992.

72) Zec, R. Bruner, D., Vicari, S., & Kocis, M. A dissociation between visual reproduction and recognition memory on the Rey Osterreith Complex Figure Test. Twelfth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1992. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 8, 277, 1993.

1993 (2 abstracts/presentations)
73) Zec, R., Fraiser, W., Landreth, E., Wainman, S., O'Connell, Fritz, S., Hasara, A., Grames, E., McCool, M., Harris, R., Belman, J., Kocis, M., Robbs, R., Elble, R., and Manyam, B. Memory Retrieval Deficits in Non Demented Parkinson's Disease. 118th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association, October 19, 1993, Boston, Massachusetts.

74) Zec, R., Landreth, E., Fritz, S., Hasara, A., Fraiser, W., Wainman, S., McCool, M., Grames, E., Belman, J., O'Connell, C., Harris, R., Robbs, R., Elble, R., and Manyam, B. Alternating Word Fluency Deficits in Parkinson's Disease. 22st Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C., 1993; Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1993.

1994 (4 abstracts/presentations)
75) Zec, R. F., Landreth, E., Fritz, S., Hasara, A., Fraiser, W., Wainman, S., McCool, M., Grames, E., Belman, J., O'Connell, C., Harris, R., Robbs, R., Elble, R., and Manyam, B. Impairment in Alternating Word Fluency in
Parkinson's Disease. Midwest Neuropsychology Group Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa, May 6, 1994.

76) Zec, R. F., Landreth, E., Bird, E., Harris, R., Robbs, R., Markwell, S. & McManus, D. Psychometric Strengths and Weaknesses of the Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale in Clinical Testing: Recommendations for Improvements. Third International Springfield Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer Therapy, May 11 15, 1994 (invited address).

77) Zec, R. F. Neuropsychlogy of Aging. Second International Symposium on Neuroendocinology and Neurobiology of Aging, Bregenz, Austria, July 24 30, 1994 (invited address).

78) Zec, R. F. Neuropsychology of Alzheimer Disease. Annual Conference of the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 8, 1994 (workshop).

1995-1996 (4 abstracts/presentations)
79) Zec, R. F., Markwell, S., Ward, M., Vost, K., McManus, D., and Elble, R. Effects of Number of Learning Trials on the Sensitivity of a Word-List Learning Test to Early Alzheimer Dementia as a Function of Educational Level, Midwestern Neuropsychological Group Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, May 17, 1996.

80) Zec, R.F., Markwell, S., Vost, K., Ward, M., Elble, R., and McManus, D. A Double Dissociation between the Effect of Number of Learning Trials on the Early Detection of Alzheimer Dementia in Patients with Higher Versus Lower Educational Levels. 26th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C., 1996; Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1996.

81) Zec, R.F. and Vost, K. Use of Visualization to Remediate a Severe Verbal Memory Deficit in a Left Temporal Lobectomy Patient, Tenth Annual Conference on Cognitive Rehabilitation: Community Integration after Brain Injury: Memory, Development and Behavior: New Research and Practical Applications, Washington, D.C., 1996.

82) Zec, R.F. The Executive Board System: An Innovative Approach to Cognitive- Behavioral Rehabilitation in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury, Tenth Annual Conference on Cognitive Rehabilitation: Community Integration after Brain Injury: Memory, Development and Behavior: New Research and Practical Applications, Washington, D.C., 1996.

1997 (2 abstracts/presentations)
83) Zec, R., Vost, K., & Markwell, S. Ratings of Everyday Executive Functioning Are Impaired in Early Alzheimer Disease. 17th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1997. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

84) Vost, K., Zec, R. & Markwell, S. Intact Working Memory in Early Alzheimer Disease. 17th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1997. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

1998 (12 abstracts/presentations)
85) Zec, R., Vost, K., & Markwell, S. Early AD Patients Lack Insight Regarding the Degree of their Executive Functioning Impairment. International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1998; Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 4 (1), 36, 1998.

86) Vost, K., Zec, R. & Markwell, S. Impairment in Four Major Components of Executive Functioning (Goal Generation, Planning, Execution and Feedback Control) in Early AD. International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1998. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 4 (1), 36-37, 1998.

87) Zec, R.F., Pyo, G.Y., McCann-Stone, N., and McManus, D.Q. A Comparison of Different Types of Memory Measures in Early Alzheimer Disease. Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1998, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.

88) Zec, R.F., Pyo, G.Y., and Markwell, S. Sensitivity and Specificity of Subtests of the Extended ADAS in Early AD. American Psychological Society Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1998.

89) Zec, R.F., Pyo, G.Y., and Markwell, S. The extended Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale: Normative data in elderly control subjects and optimal cutoff scores and correct classification rates for the detection of early Alzheimer dementia. Midwest Neuropsychological Group Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1998.

90) Zec, R., Vost, K., & Markwell, S. Everyday Executive Functioning is Impaired in Early Alzheimer Disease. SIU School of Medicine Research Symposium, 1998.

91) Vost, K., Zec, R. & Markwell, S. Intact Working Memory in Early Alzheimer Disease. SIU School of Medicine Research Symposium, 1998.

92) Zec, R.F., Pyo, G.Y., and Markwell, S. The extended Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale: Optimal cutoff scores and correct classification rates for the detection of early Alzheimer dementia. SIU School of Medicine Research Symposium, 1998.

93) Matthews, B., Zec, R.F., Elble, R. and Markwell, S. Verbal Planning Deficit in Otherwise Cognitively Intact Patients with Parkinson's Disease. 28th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, CA, 1998; Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 24, 763, 1998.

94) Zec, R.F., Mathews, B., Markwell S. and Elble, R. Impaired Alternating Word Fluency in Non-Demented Patients with Parkinson's Disease, But Not in a Subgroup of Cognitively Intact PD Patients. 28th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, CA, 1998; Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 24, 763, 1998.

95) Zec, R.F., Matthews, B., Markwell, S., & Elble R. Selective Impairment in Planning Versus Following Instructions in Non-demented PD, National Academy of Neuropsychology, Washington, D.C., 1998; Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

96) Matthews, B., Zec, R.F., Markwell, S., & Elble R. Wide Range of Cognitive Impairment in PD Patients with Intact MMSE Scores, National Academy of Neuropsychology, Washington, D.C., 1998; Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

1999 (4 abstracts/presentations)
97) Matthews, B., Zec, R.F., Elble, R., Markwell, S.J. No Evidence for a Global or Disproportionate Impairment in Executive Functioning in Non-Demented Patients With Parkinson's Disease. Tenth Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association/Behavioral Neurology Society, New Orleans, 1999, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences..

98) Zec, R.F., Matthews, B., Vost, K., Elble, R., Markwell, S.J. Mildly Demented AD Patients, but Not Mildly Cognitively Impaired PD Patients, Lack Insight Regarding Their Level of Everyday Executive Functioning. Tenth Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association/Behavioral Neurology Society, New Orleans, 1999, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.

99) Matthews, B., Zec, R.F., Elble, R., Markwell, S.J. Global Executive Functioning is Commensurate with Global Cognitive Functioning in PD. National Academy of Neuropsychology, San Antonio, Texas, 1999, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

100) Zec, R.F., Matthews, B., Vost, K., Markwell, S.J. , and Elble, R. A Comparison of Mild AD Patients and Non-Demented PD Patients on the FLOPS. National Academy of Neuropsychology, San Antonio, Texas, 1999, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

2000 (1 abstract/presentation)
101) Zec, R.F., Popovich, A., Mollahan, S., Bornstein, P., and Markwell, S. A Comparison of Major Depression, ECT, and Mild AD on Episodic Memory. National Academy of Neuropsychology, Orlando, Florida, 2000. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

2001 (3 abstracts/presentations)
102) Zec, R.F., Mollahan, S., Popovich, A., Markwell, S. and Bornstein, P. Effects of ECT and Major Depression on the Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale. National Academy of Neuropsychology, San Francisco, California, 2001. Archives of Clinical
Neuropsychology.

103) Zec, R.F., Matthews, B., Markwell, S.J. and Elble, R. Episodic Memory in PD and AD After Matching on MMSE Score. Mental and Behavioral Dysfunction in Movement Disorders International Symposium, Montreal, Canada, October 11, 2001. Movement Disorders, Vol. 16/Supplement 1, p. S23.

104) Zec, R.F., Matthews, B., Markwell, S.J. and Elble, R. Cognitive Functioning in PD and AD After Matching on MMSE Scores. Mental and Behavioral Dysfunction in Movement Disorders International Symposium, Montreal, Canada, October 11, 2001. Movement Disorders, Vol. 16/Supplement 1, p. S23.

2002 (4 abstracts/presentations)
105) Zec, R.F., Trivedi, S., Markwell, S., Struble, R., and Hughes L. Effect of Estrogen Replacement Therapy on Cognition in Post-Menopausal Women. International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2001. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8 (2), February 2002, 313.

106) Zec, R. F., Matthews, J., Belman, J., Ferneau, D., Miller, J., Zellers, D., Robbs, R. Long-Term Consequences of Severe CHI on Category and WCST Performance. American Psychological Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 2002. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 2002.

107) Zec, R., Pyo, G., Burkett, N., and Markwell, S. Well-Preserved Visual Object Recognition Memory in the Majority of Patients with DAT in the Mild to Moderate Stages. National Academy of Neuropsychology, Miami Beach, Florida, 2002. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2002, 17, 738-739.

108) Zec, R., Markwell, S., Pyo, G., Elble, R., Ala, T., and McManus, D. Variability Among Three Neurologists in Assigning Diagnoses of Alzheimer Disease. National Academy of Neuropsychology, Miami Beach, Florida, 2002. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2002, 17, 738.

2003 (5 abstracts/presentations)
109) Zec, R.F., Ghobrial, M., Wang, Z., Ala, T., Pyo, G.Y. and Elble, R. Cognitive and MRI findings in an autopsy-confirmed case of Pick's disease nine years prior to death. Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.

110) Zec, R. and Pyo, G. A Case Study of the Transition from Normal Memory and Cognition to MCI to DAT, Thirty First Annual International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Hawaii, 2003. Abstract published in Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9 (2), February, 2003, 225.

111) Zec, R.F., Ghobrial, M., Wang, Z., Ala, T., Pyo, G.Y., Burkett, N. and Elble, R. Cognitive, behavioral, and MRI findings in an autopsy-confirmed case of Pick's disease during the incipient stages of dementia nine years prior to death. 4th Leonard Berg Symposium: Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Structural, Functional & Molecular Neuroimaging, September 19, 2003, St. Louis, Missouri.

112) Zec, R.F., Markwell, S., Burkett, N. and Pyo, G.Y. Effects of Age, Education, and Gender on the Boston Naming Test in a Large Elderly Normative Sample. 23rd Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, 2003, Dallas, Texas. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2003, 18, 697.

113) Zec, R.F. and Burkett, N. Neuroanatomical Substrates of Alzheimer Amnesia. 23rd Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, 2003, Dallas, Texas. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2003, 18, 694.

2004 (1 abstract/presentation)
114) Zec , R., Burkett, N., Pyo, G., and Markwell, S. Well-Preserved Visual Object Recognition Memory in Patients with Amnestic MCI. American Psychogical Society, Chicago, Illinois, 2004.

2005 (3 abstracts/presentations)
115) Zec, R., Burkett, N., and Markwell, S. Well-Preserved Picture Recognition Memory in the Majority of Patients with AD in the Mild to Moderate Stages of Dementia, 33rd Annual International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, St. Louis, 2005. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, February, 2005.

116) Zec, R., Burkett, N. A Case Demonstrating a Dramatic Dissociation between Yes-No Recognition Memory for Words versus Pictures in a Patient with Severe Global Amnesia. 33rd Annual International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, St. Louis, 2005. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, February, 2005.

117) Zec, R., Burkett, N. Transition from Normal Cognition to Amnestic MCI to DAT: A Ten-Year Longitudinal Case Study with Annual Comprehensive Cognitive Assessments. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Prevention of Dementia: Early Diagnosis and Intervention, Washington, D.C., June 18-21, 2005; abstract published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, 1(1), Suppl. 1, July 2005, p. S22. P-044.

2006 (1 abstract/presentation)
118) Zec, R.F., Markwell, S.J., Burkett, N.R. and Larsen, D.L. A Longitudinal Study of Confrontation Naming in the “ Normal” Elderly. 34th Annual International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Boston, 2006. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, February, 2006.

2007 (2 abstracts/presentations)
119) Zec, R.F., Burkett, N.R., Markwell, S.J., and Larsen, D.L. Comparison of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data on the Boston Naming Test. 35th Annual International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Portland, 2007. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, February, 2007.

120) Zec, R., Burkett, N., Markwell, S, and Moore, B.. An Autopsy-Confirmed Case Study of the Conversion from Normal Cognition to Amnestic MCI to AD, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Prevention of Dementia, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., June 10-11, 2007; abstract to be published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association.

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