Network graph analysis of category fluency testing

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-52

  Lerner, Alan J ^a,b   Ogrocki, Paula K ^a,b   Thomas, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Category fluency; Graph theory; Language; Network

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; ALGORITHM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEMANTICS; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 67049087016     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e318192ccaf     Document Type: Article

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