Differentiating normal from pathological brain ageing using standard neuropsychological tests

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 765-772

  Wakefield, Sarah J ^a   McGeown, William J ^b   Shanks, Michael F ^a   Venneri, Annalena ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Alzheimer s disease; Episodic memory; Mild cognitive impairment; Semantic memory; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; COMPLICATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84924862463     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: 18755828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720501108140910121631     Document Type: Article

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