Reduced neuronal efficacy in progressive mild cognitive impairment: A prospective fMRI study on visuospatial processing

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-57

  Vannini, Patrizia ^a   Almkvist, Ove ^a,b   Dierks, Thomas ^a,c   Lehmann, Christoph ^c   Wahlund, Lars Olof ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angle discrimination; Preclinical Alzheimer's disease; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548543162     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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