Visuospatial memory in healthy elderly, AD and MCI: A review

Current Aging Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-59

  Iachini, Tina ^a   Iavarone, Alessandro ^b   Senese, Vincenzo Paolo ^a   Ruotolo, Francesco ^a   Ruggiero, Gennaro ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Unit of Neurology ASL Naples 1 CTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

AD; MCI; Normal aging; Predictors; Visuospatial abilities; Visuospatial memory

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISION;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 69249118055     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609810902010043     Document Type: Article

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