What the left and right anterior fusiform gyri tell us about semantic memory

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3256-3268

  Mion, Marco ^a   Patterson, Karalyn ^a   Acosta Cabronero, Julio ^a   Pengas, George ^a   Izquierdo Garcia, David ^a   Hong, Young T ^a   Fryer, Tim D ^a   Williams, Guy B ^a   Hodges, John R ^b   Nestor, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

frontotemporal lobar degeneration; neuroimaging; regional brain glucose metabolism; semantic memory

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR FUSIFORM GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY;

EID: 78049461600     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq272     Document Type: Article

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