Mirror asymmetry of Category and Letter fluency in traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's patients

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 423-429

  Capitani, Erminio ^a   Rosci, Chiara ^b   Saetti, Maria Cristina ^a   Laiacona, Marcella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Traumatic brain injury; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849126878     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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