Neuropsychological patterns in magnetic resonance imaging-defined subgroups of patients with degenerative dementia

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-470

  Listerud, John ^a   Powers, Chivon ^a   Moore, Peachie ^a   Libon, David J ^b   Grossman, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical atrophy; Frontotemporal lobar dementia; MRI; Neuropsychological functioning; Progressive nonfluent aphasia; Semantic dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; ALGORITHM; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67651152993     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709090742     Document Type: Article

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