Activation-flow coupling differentiates between vascular and Alzheimer type of dementia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 149-154

  Rosengarten, Bernhard ^a   Paulsen, Sönke ^b   Molnar, Sandor ^c   Kaschel, Reiner ^b   Gallhofer, Bernd ^b   Kaps, Manfred ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Activation flow coupling; Alzheimer's dementia; Cortical activation; Doppler ultrasound; Metabolism; Transcranial

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION FLOW COUPLING; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVE CELL; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 34249810683     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.01.032     Document Type: Article

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