Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on memory and behavior in Alzheimer's disease may be stage-dependent

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 743-749

  Scherder, Erik J A ^a   Bouma, Anke ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective behavior; Alzheimer's disease; Memory; Midstage; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0033558987     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00072-9     Document Type: Article

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