Neocortical disconnectivity disrupts sensory integration in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 728-738

  Festa, Elena K ^a   Insler, Rachel Z ^a   Salmon, David P ^b,c   Paxton, Jessica ^b,c   Hamilton, Joanne M ^b,c   Heindel, William C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cortical interaction; Dementia; Feature binding; Motion perception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LUMINANCE; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 29144506877     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.19.6.728     Document Type: Article

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