Preferential metabolic involvement of visual cortical areas in a subtype of Alzheimer's disease: Clinical implications

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1261-1268

  Pietrini, Pietro ^a,b   Furey, Maura L ^a   Graff Radford, Neill ^a   Freo, Ulderico ^a   Alexander, Gene E ^a   Grady, Cheryl L ^a   Dani, Alessio ^a   Mentis, Marc J ^a   Schapiro, Mark B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0029786160     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.10.1261     Document Type: Article

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