Voice processing in dementia: A neuropsychological and neuroanatomical analysis

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2535-2547

  Hailstone, Julia C ^a   Ridgway, Gerard R ^a   Bartlett, Jonathan W ^a,b   Goll, Johanna C ^a   Buckley, Aisling H ^a   Crutch, Sebastian J ^a   Warren, Jason D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; face; frontotemporal dementia; phonagnosia; voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GENDER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 80052938660     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr205     Document Type: Article

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