Executive functioning in Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 562-568

  McGuinness, B ^a   Barrett, S L ^a   Craig, D ^a   Lawson, J ^b   Passmore, A P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Executive function; Vascular dementia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST STRIP; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952332721     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2375     Document Type: Article

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