Electrophysiological insights into the nature of the semantic deficit in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 827-841

  Schwartz, Tanya J ^a,b   Kutas, Marta ^c   Butters, Nelson ^a,b   Paulsen, Jane S ^a,b   Salmon, David P ^d  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; ERP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0029945143     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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