Medial temporal atrophy and memory impairment in early stage of Alzheimer's disease: An MRI volumetric and memory assessment study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-24

  Mizuno, Keiko ^a   Wakai, Masakazu ^a   Takeda, Akinori ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Amygdala; Medial temporal lobe (MTL); Wechsler memory scale revised (WMS R)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033973848     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00289-0     Document Type: Article

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