Lacunes and cognitive decline: Little things matter

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 1856-1857

  Filley, Christopher M ^a,b,d   Brodtmann, Amy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Behavioral Neurology Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GRAY MATTER; HYPERTENSION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 79958126237     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31821d7563     Document Type: Editorial

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