Enhancement of declarative memory by emotional arousal and visual memory function in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-226

  Kazui, Hiroaki ^a,b   Mori, Etsuro ^a   Hashimoto, Mamoru ^a   Hirono, Nobutsugu ^a,c  

^a Hyogo Brain/Heart Center at Himeji   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0037367082     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.15.2.221     Document Type: Article

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