Association between apathy/depression and executive function in patients with Alzheimer's disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 964-975

  Nakaaki, Shutaro ^a   Murata, Yoshie ^a   Sato, Junko ^b   Shinagawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Hongo, Jin ^a   Tatsumi, Hiroshi ^c   Hirono, Nobutsugu ^d   Mimura, Masaru ^e   Furukawa, Toshiaki A ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Yagoto Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual task; Executive dysfunction; Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB); Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI); Neuropsychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SCORING SYSTEM;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 50149109082     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610208007308     Document Type: Article

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