Structure and function of medial temporal and posteromedial cortices in early Alzheimer's disease

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 320-330

  Miettinen, Pekka S ^a,b   Pihlajamäki, Maija ^a,b   Jauhiainen, Anne M ^a   Niskanen, Eini ^a   Hänninen, Tuomo ^b   Vanninen, Ritva ^b   Soininen, Hilkka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Memory; Mild cognitive impairment; Parahippocampal cortex; Posterior cingulate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTEROMEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79960413819     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07745.x     Document Type: Article

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