Visuospatial attention in dementia of the alzheimer type

Brain

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 711-733

  Parasuraman, Raja ^a   Greenwood, Pamela M ^a   Haxby, James V ^b   Grady, Cheryl L ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; CUES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0026633999     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/115.3.711     Document Type: Article

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