Frontal lobe dysfunction caused by multiple lacunar infarction in community-dwelling elderly subjects

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 37-41

  Takashima, Yuki ^a   Yao, Hiroshi ^a   Koga, Hiroshi ^a   Endo, Koichi ^a   Matsumoto, Takashi ^a   Uchino, Akira ^b   Sadanaga Akiyoshi, Fumiko ^a   Yuzuriha, Takefumi ^a   Kuroda, Yasuo ^b  

^a Hizen National Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Asymptomatic stroke; Dementia; Frontal lobe function; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 0041328140     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00171-0     Document Type: Article

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