Agitation in alzheimer's disease is a manifestation of frontal lobe dysfunction

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 14-20

  Senanarong, V ^a   Cummings, J L ^b   Fairbanks, L ^b   Mega, M ^b   Masterman, D M ^b   O'Connor, S M ^b   Strickland, T L ^b,c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agitation; Alzheimer's disease; Depression; Disinhibition; Frontal lobe; Neuropsychiatric Inventory; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DELUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0344629369     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074080     Document Type: Article

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