Global cognitive impairment should be taken into account in SPECT-neuropsychology correlations: The example of verbal memory in very mild Alzheimer's disease

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1186-1192

  Rodriguez, G ^a   Morbelli, S ^b   Brugnolo, A ^a   Calvini, P ^a   Girtler, N ^a   Piccardo, A ^b   Dougall, N J ^c   Ebmeier, K P ^c   Baron, J C ^d   Nobili, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain SPECT; Neuropsychology; SPM; Verbal learning

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 25144470105     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-005-1831-y     Document Type: Article

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