Alzheimer's Disease as a Disconnection Syndrome?

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-92

  Delbeuck, X ^a,c   Van Der Linden, M ^a,b   Collette, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Fac Psychol et des Sci de l'Educ   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Disconnection; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISCONNECTION SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 0142259257     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023832305702     Document Type: Review

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