Atrophy, hypometabolism and white matter abnormalities in semantic dementia tell a coherent story

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2025-2035

  Acosta Cabronero, Julio ^a   Patterson, Karalyn ^a   Fryer, Tim D ^b   Hodges, John R ^c,d   Pengas, George ^a   Williams, Guy B ^b   Nestor, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor; Neurodegenerative mechanisms; Semantic memory disorders; Tractography; White matter fibre pathways

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855125238     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr119     Document Type: Article

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