Spatial- and object-based attentional deficits in Alzheimer's disease. Relationship to HMPAO-SPECT measures of parietal perfusion

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1229-1244

  Buck, Brian H ^a,b   Black, Sandra E ^a,b,d   Behrmann, Marlene ^c   Caldwell, Curtis ^b   Bronskill, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Neuropsychology; Parietal lobe; SPECT; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030748483     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.7.1229     Document Type: Article

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