The neural substrates of semantic memory deficits in early Alzheimer's disease: Clues from semantic priming effects and FDG-PET

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1657-1666

  Giffard, Bénédicte ^a   Laisney, Mickaël ^a   Mézenge, Florence ^a   de la Sayette, Vincent ^a   Eustache, Francis ^a   Desgranges, Béatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; PET; Semantic deficits; Superior temporal gyrus

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 44149093807     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.12.031     Document Type: Article

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