Effects of increased cholinergic activity on naming in aphasia

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9071, 1997, Pages 116-117

  Tanaka, Yutaka ^a   Miyazaki, Masao ^a   Albert, Martin L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIFEMELANE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOMIA; APHASIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030761750     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)61820-X     Document Type: Article

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