Entorhinal cortex volume in older adults: Reliability and validity considerations for three published measurement protocols

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 846-855

  Price, C C ^a,b   Wood, M F ^b   Leonard, C M ^a,b   Towler, S ^a   Ward, J ^c   Montijo, H ^a   Kellison, I ^a   Bowers, D ^a   Monk, T ^c   Newcomer, J W ^d   Schmalfuss, I ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e North Florida South Georgia Veteran Administration ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Goncharova; Insausti; Memory; Paragraph memory; Story memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79251628099     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561771000072X     Document Type: Article

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