rCBF pathology in Alzheimer's disease is associated with slow processing speed

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1193-1200

  Warkentin, S ^a   Erikson, C ^a   Janciauskiene, S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Articulation time; Brian imaging; Dementia; Information processing speed; Pause time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME; VELOCITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPEECH;

EID: 42749087642     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.08.029     Document Type: Article

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