New learning and remote memory in atypical Alzheimer's disease

Cortex

Volumn 39, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 751-766

  Thompson, Jennifer C ^a   Beswick, Tracy ^b   Foster, Jonathan K ^c,d   Snowden, Julie S ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Neurosciences Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anterograde amnesia; Consolidation; Hippocampus; Posterior cortical atrophy; Remote memory; Retrograde amnesia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SEMANTICS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0242300703     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70862-1     Document Type: Article

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