Amygdalar volume and psychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: An MRI analysis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-45

  Horinek D ^a   Petrovicky P ^a   Hort, J ^b   Krasensky J ^c   Brabec, J ^a   Bojar, M ^b   Vaneckova M ^c   Seidl, Z ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amygdala; Magnetic resonance imaging; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645240748     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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