The underlying mechanisms of semantic memory loss in Alzheimer's disease and semantic dementia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-21

  Rogers, Sean L ^a   Friedman, Rhonda B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Explicit; Frontotemporal dementia; Implicit; Lexical decision; Priming; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING;

EID: 38149068341     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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