Distribution of cerebral atrophy assessed by magnetic resonance imaging reflects patterns of neuropsychological deficits in Alzheimer's dementia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 17-20

  Pantel, Johannes ^a,c   Schönknecht, Peter ^a   Essig, Marco ^b   Schröder, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Declarative memory; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuropsychological deficits

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; APRAXIAS; ATROPHY; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 2342590691     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.12.072     Document Type: Article

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