The human perirhinal cortex and semantic memory

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2441-2446

  Davies, R R ^a   Graham, Kim S ^b   Xuereb, John H ^a   Williams, Guy B ^a   Hodges, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Entorhinal cortex; Semantic dementia; Volumetric MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; DEMENTIA; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 8144228964     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03710.x     Document Type: Article

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