De novo development of artistic creativity in Alzheimer's disease

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-294

  Chakravarty, Ambar ^a  

^a VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; artistic creativity; fronto temporal dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATIVITY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAINTING; REVIEW;

EID: 84856459330     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.91953     Document Type: Review

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