Cerebral blood flow correlates of apathy in Alzheimer disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1116-1120

  Craig, Ann H ^a   Cummings, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Fairbanks, Lynn ^a   Itti, Laurent ^c   Miller, Bruce L ^c   Li, Jenny ^c   Mena, Ismael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0029843807     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550110056012     Document Type: Article

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