Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) improves the rest- activity rhythm in midstage Alzheimer's disease

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-107

  Scherder, Erik J A ^a   Van Someren, Eus J W ^b   Swaab, Dick F ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Midstage; Rest activity rhythm; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REST; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0033134638     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00150-8     Document Type: Article

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