Apathy and loss of insight in Alzheimer's disease: A SPECT imaging study

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Ott, Brian R ^a   Noto, Richard B ^b   Fogel, Barry S ^b  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030024379     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.8.1.41     Document Type: Article

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