Semantic network abnormality predicts rate of cognitive decline in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 297-303

  Chan, Agnes S ^a,b   Butters, Nelson ^a,b   Johnson, Shannon A ^b   Salmon, David P ^c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive decline; Semantic network

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOMIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0029295140     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617700000291     Document Type: Article

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