Alzheimer disease: Functional abnormalities in the dorsal visual pathway

Radiology

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 219-226

  Bokde, Arun L W ^a,b,c   Lopez Bayo, Patricia ^c   Born, Christine ^c   Ewers, Michael ^a,b,c   Meindl, Thomas ^c   Teipel, Stefen J ^d   Faltraco, Frank ^e   Reiser, Maximilian F ^c   Möller, Hans Juergen ^c   Hampel, Harald ^a,b,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 75349107062     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2541090558     Document Type: Article

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