Cognitive reserve: A SPECT study of 132 Alzheimer's disease patients with an education range of 0-19 years

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-14

  Liao, Yi Chu ^a,b,d   Liu, Ren Shyan ^b   Teng, Evenly Lee ^f   Lee, Yi Chung ^a,e   Wang, Pei Ning ^a,b   Lin, Ker Neng ^b,c   Chung, Chih Ping ^a,b   Liu, Hsiu Chih ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive reserve; Education; Single photon emission computed tomography; Statistical parametric mapping

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22144432293     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085068     Document Type: Article

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