Higher cortical deficits influence attentional processing in dementia with Lewy bodies, relative to patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type and controls

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1129-1135

  Bradshaw, J M ^a   Saling, M ^a   Anderson, V ^b   Hopwood, M ^a   Brodtmann, A ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33748989555     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.090183     Document Type: Article

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