Cognitive and functional neuroimaging correlates for anosognosia in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-246

  Vogel, Asmus ^a,b   Hasselbalch, Steen G ^a   Gade, Anders ^a,b   Ziebell, Morten ^a   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anosognosia; Awareness; Insight; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOSOGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGNOSIA; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCINTISCANNING; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 15544383221     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1272     Document Type: Article

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