Cholinergic treatment of amnesia following basal forebrain lesion due to aneurysm rupture - An open-label pilot study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 791-796

  Benke, Thomas ^a,c   Koylu B ^a   Delazer, M ^a   Trinka, E ^a   Kemmler, G ^b  

^a Clinic of Neurology   (Austria)

^b University Department of Psychiatry   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amnestic syndrome; Donepezil; Subarachnoidal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AMNESIA; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PERICALLOSAL ARTERY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DEMENTIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PIPERIDINES; PROSENCEPHALON; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27144516804     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2005.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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