In vivo cholinergic circuit evaluation in frontotemporal and Alzheimer dementias

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1111-1113

  Di Lazzaro, V ^a   Pilato, F ^a   Dileone, M ^a   Saturno, E ^a   Oliviero, A ^a,b   Marra, C ^a   Daniele, A ^a   Ranieri, F ^a   Gainotti, G ^a   Tonali, P A ^a,c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FRONTAL LOBE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33646103671     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000204183.26231.23     Document Type: Article

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