Specific temporoparietal gyral atrophy reflects the pattern of language dissolution in Alzheimer's disease

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 675-686

  Harasty, J A ^a   Halliday, G M ^a   Kril, J J ^b   Code, C ^b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cortex, gyral atrophy; Language; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032899176     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.4.675     Document Type: Article

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