Visual cortical dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease evaluated with a temporally graded "stress test" during PET

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-40

  Mentis, Marc J ^a   Horwitz, Barry ^a   Grady, Cheryl L ^a   Alexander, Gene E ^a   VanMeter, John W ^a   Maisog, José Ma ^a   Pietrini, Pietro ^a   Schapiro, Mark B ^a   Rapoport, Stanley I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FACE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030057716     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.1.32     Document Type: Review

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