Neurophysiologic analyses of low- and high-level visual processing in Alzheimer disease

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2066-2076

  Fernandez, Roberto ^a   Kavcic, Voyko ^a   Duffy, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34250337208     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000264873.62313.81     Document Type: Article

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