The overall impairment of core executive function components in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A cross-sectional study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zheng, Dongming ^a   Dong, Xiaoyu ^a   Sun, Hongzan ^a   Xu, Yongchuan ^a   Ma, Ying ^a   Wang, Xiaoming ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amnestic mild cognitive impairment; Executive dysfunction; Inhibition; Neuropsychological tests; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AMNESIA; ATTENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84869149345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-138     Document Type: Article

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