Impact of subcortical hyperintensities on dual-tasking in Alzheimer disease and aging

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-35

  Nadkarni, Neelesh K ^a,b,c   Levine, Brian ^c,d,e,f,g   McIlroy, William E ^c,d,e,f,i   Black, Sandra E ^b,c,d,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LC Campbell Cognitive Neurology Research Unit   (Canada)

^c HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d Division of Neurology   (Canada)

^e Institute of Medical Science   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; cadence; cognition; dual tasking; gait; hyperintensities; subcortical; treadmill; walking; white matter disease; white matter hyperintensities; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL TASK PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SUBCORTICAL HYPERINTENSITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; WALKING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 85027923777     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3182172c58     Document Type: Article

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