Effects of 'isolated' transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on memory and affective behavior in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 417-424

  Scherder, Erik J A ^a   Bouma, Anke ^a   Steen, Louis M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective Behavior; Alzheimer's Disease; Memory; TENS

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITION; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0032521189     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00208-4     Document Type: Article

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