Trail Making Test B and brain perfusion imaging in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-255

  Terada, Seishi ^a   Sato, Shuhei ^a   Nagao, Shigeto ^a   Ikeda, Chikako ^a   Shindo, Aki ^a   Hayashi, Satoshi ^a   Oshima, Etsuko ^a   Yokota, Osamu ^a   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI); Cerebral blood flow (CBF); Trail Making Test (TMT)

Indexed keywords

ETHYLCYSTEINE TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINICOMPUTER; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETRIC TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUTAMEN; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS;

EID: 84880762740     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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