Are the behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's disease directly associated with neurodegeneration?

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 627-639

  Serra, Laura ^a   Perri, Roberta ^a   Cercignani, Mara ^a   Spanò, Barbara ^a,b   Fadda, Lucia ^a,c   Marra, Camillo ^d   Carlesimo, Giovanni A ^a,c   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c   Bozzali, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; amnestic mild cognitive impairment; behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD); neurodegeneration; NPI 12; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 77957331866     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-100048     Document Type: Article

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