Is there a specific pattern of attention deficit in mild cognitive impairment with subcortical vascular features? Evidence from the attention network test

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 268-275

  Fernández, Pedro J ^a   Campoy, Guillermo ^a   García Santos, Jose M ^b   Antequera, Martirio M ^c   García Sevilla, Julia ^a   Castillo, Alejandro ^a   Antúnez, Carmen ^c   Fuentes, Luis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attention network test; Cholinergic system; Vascular mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION NETWORK TEST; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79954588918     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327165     Document Type: Article

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