Brain activation in elderly people with and without dementia: Influences of gender and medication

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-29

  Richter, Melany M ^a   Herrmann, Martin J ^a   Ehlis, Ann Christine ^a   Plichta, Michael M ^a   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Galantamine; Near infrared spectroscopy; Verbal fluency task

Indexed keywords

GALANTAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AROUSAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; GALANTAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33847111076     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970600960132     Document Type: Article

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