Visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies: Transcranial magnetic stimulation study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 492-500

  Taylor, John Paul ^a   Firbank, Michael ^a   Barnett, Nicola ^a   Pearce, Sarah ^a   Livingstone, Anthea ^a   Mosimann, Urs ^a   Eyre, Janet ^a   McKeith, Ian G ^a   O'Brien, John T ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MALE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOSPHENES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 83455212076     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.090373     Document Type: Article

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