Frontal hypometabolism does not explain inhibitory dysfunction in Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 228-238

  Collette, Fabienne ^a   Van der Linden, Martial ^a,b   Delrue, Gael ^a   Salmon, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebral metabolism; Disconnection; Frontal lobe; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036815859     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200210000-00004     Document Type: Article

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