Reduced olfactory bulb and tract volume in early Alzheimer's disease-A MRI study

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 838-841

  Thomann, Philipp A ^a   Dos Santos, Vasco ^a   Toro, Pablo ^a   Schönknecht, Peter ^a   Essig, Marco ^b   Schröder, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Olfactory bulb and tract

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN MAPPING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 62349099908     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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