Mechanisms underlying diminished novelty-seeking behavior in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-66

  Daffner, Kirk R ^a   Mesulam, M Marsel ^b   Cohen, Lisa G ^a   Scinto, Leonard F M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033504201     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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