Specific saccade deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease at mild to moderate stage and in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment

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Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1287-1298

  Yang, Qing ^a   Wang, Tao ^b   Su, Ning ^b   Xiao, Shifu ^b   Kapoula, Zoi ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amci; Gap; Overlap; Saccades; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; AGING; AMNESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891682527     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-012-9420-z     Document Type: Article

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