Impaired translation of spatial representation in young onset Alzheimer's disease patients

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-103

  Pai, Ming Chyi ^a,b   Yang, Ya Chi ^b  

^a Division of Behavioral Neurology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Heading disorientation; Navigation; Representation translation; Retrosplenial cortex; Young onset

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITIVE ABILITY SCREENING INSTRUMENT; CONSORTIUM TO ESTABLISH REGISTRY FOR ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84882317876     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: 18755828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720513804871390     Document Type: Article

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