Abnormality of semantic network in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Evidence from verbal, perceptual, and olfactory domains

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 855, Issue , 1998, Pages 681-685

  Chan, Agnes ^a,b   Salmon, David ^b   Nordin, Steven ^e   Murphy, Claire ^c,d   Razani, Jill ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTION; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 0032451834     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10645.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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