Ideomotor apraxia in patients with Alzheimer disease: Why do they use their body parts as objects?

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-52

  Kato, M ^a   Meguro, K ^a   Sato, M ^a   Shimada, Y ^a   Yamazaki, H ^a   Saito, Y ^a   Yamaguchi, S ^a   Yamadori, A ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POSTURE;

EID: 0035114634     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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