Different regional patterns of cortical thinning in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia

Brain

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1159-1166

  Du, An Tao ^a,c,d   Schuff, Norbert ^a,b   Kramer, Joel H ^a   Rosen, Howard J ^b   Gorno Tempini, Maria Luisa ^b   Rankin, Katherine ^b   Miller, Bruce L ^b   Weiner, Michael W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cortical thickness; Cortical volume; Frontotemporal dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TEMPORAL CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 34249722030     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm016     Document Type: Article

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