Aging and vestibular system: Specific tests and role of melatonin in cognitive involvement

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 13-25

  Alpini, D ^a,b   Cesarani, A ^c   Fraschini, F ^c   Kohen Raz, R ^d   Capobianco, S ^e   Cornelio, F ^f  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b Vertigo Ctr A Dufour Natl N   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^f National Neurological Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Falling risk inventory; Falls in elderly; Melatonin; Navigationtest; Orientation tests; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; FALLING; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STABILOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBELLUM; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 3042691509     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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