Everyday memory deficits in very mild Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 297-303

  Widmann, Catherine N ^a,c   Beinhoff, Ulrike ^a   Riepe, Matthias W ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Declarative memory; Sex differences; Spatial memory; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 82755172369     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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