Neurocognitive profiles in older adults with and without major depression

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 851-856

  Fischer, Corinne ^a,b   Schweizer, Tom A ^a,b   Atkins, Jana H ^c   Bozanovic, Radenka ^b   Norris, Mireille ^b,d   Herrmann, Nathan ^b,d   Nisenbaum, Rosane ^a,b,e   Rourke, Sean B ^a,b,e,f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ONTARIO HIV TREATMENT NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Depression; Elderly; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 50249163001     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1994     Document Type: Article

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