Similar patterns of cognitive deficits in the preclinical phases of vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 382-391

  Laukka, Erika Jonsson ^a,c   Jones, Sari ^a   Small, Brent J ^b   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a   Bäckman, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Episodic memory; Preclinical dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBJECT RELATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORD RECOGNITION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 2942672211     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617704103068     Document Type: Article

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