A SPECT study of wandering behavior in Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 816-820

  Rolland, Yves ^a   Payoux, Pierre ^b   Lauwers Cances, Valérie ^c   Voisin, Thierry ^a   Esquerré, Jean Paul ^b   Vellas, Bruno ^a  

^a Serv Univ Psychiat l'Enfant l'A   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Behavior; Dementiia; Pacing; Wandering

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RATING SCALE; SEX RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25444475495     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1362     Document Type: Article

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