The neural basis of naming impairments in Alzheimer's disease revealed through positron emission tomography

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-357

  Watson, Maria E ^a   Welsh Bohmer, Kathleen A ^b   Hoffman, John M ^c   Lowe, Val ^b   Rubin, David C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISION;

EID: 0032903718     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(98)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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