Failure to modulate neural response to increased task demand in mild Alzheimer's disease: fMRI study of visuospatial processing

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-297

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

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavior; Dorsal stream; Neurodegenerative disease; Neuroimaging; Parametric design; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 49549097881     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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