Serum anticholinergic activity and motor performance in elderly persons

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-85

  Nebes, Robert D ^a,c   Pollock, Bruce G ^a,b   Halligan, Edythe M ^a   Kirshner, Margaret A ^a   Houck, Patricia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIMETIDINE; DIGOXIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; OXYBUTYNIN; PREDNISONE; QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE; RANITIDINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; SIDE EFFECT; WALKING SPEED; AGING; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; INSOMNIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGING; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 34047152829     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.1.83     Document Type: Article

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