Cognitive stimulation for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 751-757

  Spector, Aimee ^a   Woods, Bob ^b   Orrell, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive stimulation; CST; Dementia; Group therapy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; RIVASTIGMINE; TACRINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ENGLAND; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43249101390     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.8.5.751     Document Type: Review

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