Hierarchical organization of scripts: Converging evidence from fmri and frontotemporal degeneration

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2453-2463

  Farag, Christine ^a   Troiani, Vanessa ^a   Bonner, Michael ^a   Powers, Chivon ^a   Avants, Brian ^a   Gee, James ^a   Grossman, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; frontal; frontotemporal dementia; narrative; organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956562174     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp313     Document Type: Article

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