Nurturing syndrome: A form of pathological bereavement with delusions in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-224

  Venneri, Annalena ^a   Shanks, Michael F ^b   Staff, Roger T ^c   Sala, Sergio Della ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Bereavement; Delusion; MRI; SPECT

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BEREAVEMENT; DELUSIONS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; REALITY TESTING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033991347     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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