Piano playing in Alzheimer's disease: Longitudinal study of a single case

Neurocase

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 459-469

  Beatty, William W ^a   Rogers, Clara L ^a   Rogers, Rubin L ^a   English, Shelley ^b   Testa, Julie A ^a,b   Orbelo, Diana M ^b   Wilson, Don A ^c   Ross, Elliott D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Radiological Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Preserved musical skill

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSIC; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; RHYTHM; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032863013     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/5.5.459     Document Type: Article

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