Loss of functional hemispheric asymmetry in Alzheimer's dementia assessed with near-infrared spectroscopy

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Fallgatter, A J ^a   Roesler, M ^a   Sitzmann, L ^a   Heidrich, A ^a   Mueller, T J ^a   Strik, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's dementia; Cognitive activation; Hemispheric asymmetry; Near infrared spectroscopy; Verbal fluency task

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030757769     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(97)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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