Thalamic atrophy in Huntington's disease co-varies with cognitive performance: A morphometric MRI analysis

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 846-853

  Kassubek, Jan ^a   Juengling, Freimut D ^b   Ecker, Daniel ^a   Landwehrmeyer, G Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Executive functions; Neurodegenerative disease; Thalamus; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; GANGLION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS SUBNUCLEUS;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS;

EID: 18844422479     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhh185     Document Type: Article

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