Abnormal semantic network for "animals" but not "tools" in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Cortex

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 197-217

  Chan, Agnes S ^a,c   Salmon, David P ^b   De La Pena, Jody ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Category specific deficits; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOMENCLATURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034999049     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70568-9     Document Type: Article

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