A volumetric magnetic resonance imaging study of the amygdala in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 238-244

  Whitwell, Jennifer L ^a,b   Sampson, Elizabeth L ^a,c   Watt, Hilary C ^a,d   Harvey, Richard J ^a,e   Rossor, Martin N ^a,f   Fox, Nick C ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amygdala; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 24744433476     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087343     Document Type: Article

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