Terminal dedifferentiation of cognitive abilities

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1116-1122

  Wilson, R S ^a,b   Segawa, E ^a   Hizel, L P ^c   Boyle, P A ^b   Bennett, D A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEURITE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84860713757     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31824f7ff2     Document Type: Article

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