Executive dysfunction can explain word-list learning disability in very mild Alzheimer's disease: The Tajiri Project

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-60

  Hashimoto, Ryusaku ^a   Meguro, Kenichi ^a   Yamaguchi, Satoshi ^a   Ishizaki, Junichi ^a   Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Meguro, Mitsue ^b   Sekita, Yasuyoshi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; CDR 0.5; Disease; Executive function; Memory; Word list learning

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 1042300093     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01193.x     Document Type: Article

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