Cognitive aging and early diagnosis challenges in alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 153-159

  Britton, Gabrielle B ^a   Rao, K S J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y SERVICIOS DE ALTA TECNOLOGÍA   (Panama)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; behavior; cognition; hippocampus

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79955661696     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-110239     Document Type: Review

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