Vascular burden as a substrate for higher-level gait disorders in older adults. A review of brain mapping literature

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-204

  Annweiler, C ^a,b,c   Montero Odasso, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Aged; Cerebrovascular disorders; Gait

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84865625556     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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