Does the cholinesterase inhibitor, donepezil, benefit both declarative and non-declarative processes in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease?

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-276

  Winstein, Carolee J ^a   Bentzen, Kirk R ^b   Boyd, Lara ^c   Schneider, Lon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Glendale Adventist Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Declarative memory; Implicit learning; Procedural memory; Serial reaction time task

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL MEMORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PIPERIDINES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34347369275     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720507781077296     Document Type: Article

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