Cognitive performance in tests sensitive to frontal lobe dysfunction in the elderly depressed

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 591-603

  Beats, B C ^b   Sahakian, B J ^a   Levy, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029986127     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700035662     Document Type: Article

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