Lack of initiative and interest in Alzheimer's disease: A single photon emission computed tomography study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 729-735

  Robert, P H ^a,d   Darcourt, G ^a   Koulibaly, M P ^c   Clairet, S ^a   Benoit, M ^a   Garcia, R ^b   Dechaux, O ^b   Darcourt, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^d PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apathy; Brain imaging; Motivation; Reward; SPECT

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33746494905     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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