Decline of frontal lobe functions in subjects with age-associated memory impairment

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 148-153

  Hänninen, Tuomo ^a,b   Hallikainen, M ^a   Koivisto, K ^a   Partanen, K ^a   Laakso, M P ^a   Riekkinen Sr , P J ^a   Soininen, H ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0343812073     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.1.148     Document Type: Article

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