Compensatory reallocation of brain resources supporting verbal episodic memory in Alzheimer's disease

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 692-700

  Becker, J T ^a,b   Mintun, M A ^a   Aleva, K ^a   Wiseman, M B ^a   Nichols, T ^a   DeKosky, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Neuropsychological Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030000605     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.3.692     Document Type: Article

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