Association between brain functional failure and dementia severity in Alzheimer's disease: Resting versus stimulation PET study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 470-473

  Pietrini, Pietro ^a   Furey, Maura L ^b   Alexander, Gene E ^b   Mentis, Marc J ^b   Dani, Alessio ^b   Guazzelli, Mario ^b   Rapoport, Stanley I ^b   Schapiro, Mark B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032975813     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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