The relationship between semantic knowledge and conceptual apraxia in alzheimer disease

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 167-174

  Falchook, Adam D ^a,c   Mosquera, Diana M ^a,b   Finney, Glen R ^a   Williamson, John B ^a,c   Heilman, Kenneth M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative tool selection test; Alzheimer disease; Amnestic mild cognitive impairment; Conceptual apraxia; Semantics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL APRAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TAXONOMY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIAS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84872110065     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: 15370887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e318274ff6a     Document Type: Article

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