Central executive function in mild cognitive impairment: A PET activation study: Cognition and Neurosciences

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-40

  Laine, Matti ^a   Tuokkola, Terhi ^b   Hiltunen, Jaana ^c   Vorobyev, Victor ^b   Bliss, Irina ^b   Baddeley, Alan ^d   Rinne, Juha O ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Functional brain imaging; Positron emission tomography; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISION;

AGED; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58449130967     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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