Anosognosia in Alzheimer's disease: Diagnosis, frequency, mechanism and clinical correlates

Cortex

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-73

  Starkstein, Sergio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anosognosia; Awareness; Insight; Self knowledge

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOSOGNOSIA; ANXIETY; APATHY; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; AGNOSIA; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MEMORY;

EID: 84914107586     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.07.019     Document Type: Review

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