Clinical and neuropathological correlates of depression in Alzheimer's disease

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 877-884

  Förstl, Hans ^a   Burns, Alistair ^a   Luthert, Philip ^a   Cairns, Nigel ^a   Lantos, Peter ^a   Levy, Raymond ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NEUROMELANIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VARIANCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURONS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027051464     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700038459     Document Type: Article

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