The relevance of continuous blood pressure monitoring in examining the relationship of memory efficiency with blood pressure characteristics

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1077-1084

  Fioravanti, Mario ^a   Nacca, Daniele ^a   Golfieri, Barbara ^a   Lucia, Piernatale ^a   Cugini, Pietro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Hypertension; Memory deficits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029951869     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02259-7     Document Type: Article

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