Atrophy in the parahippocampal gyrus as an early biomarker of alzheimer's disease

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 265-271

  Echavarri C ^a   Aalten, P ^a   Uylings, H B M ^a,b   Jacobs, H I L ^a   Visser, P J ^a,c   Gronenschild, E H B M ^a   Verhey, F R J ^a   Burgmans, S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive aging; Mild cognitive impairment; Volumetric magnetic resonance image

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN MAPPING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS;

EID: 79951910749     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-010-0283-8     Document Type: Article

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