Alzheimer dementia: An overview and a promising new concept

Neurodiagnostic Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-91

  Niedermeyer, Ernst ^a   Ghigo, Janet O ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer dementia; Cerebral blood flow; Head down therapy; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DETERIORATION; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ALZHEIMER DEMENTIA; BLOOD SUPPLY; BRAIN PATHOLOGIES; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; DOMINATING PROBLEM; HEAD-DOWN THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; ORAL PRESENTATIONS;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GINKGO BILOBA; HEAD DOWN THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC FIGURE; SENILE DEMENTIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY; YOGA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 80052072708     PISSN: 21646821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1086508x.2011.11079806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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