Executive functions in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease;Funções executivas no envelhecimento normal e na doença de Alzheimer

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-62

  Ávila, Renata ^a   Miotto, Eliane C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Divisão de Neurocirurgia do Hospital das Clínicas HC da FMUSP

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Executive function; Frontal lobe

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERSEVERATION; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 19744377609     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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