Post-stroke dementia: The contribution of thalamus and basal ganglia changes

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 568-576

  Lopes, Marcos Antonio ^a   Firbank, Michael J ^a   Widdrington, Michelle ^a   Blamire, Andrew M ^a   Kalaria, Raj N ^a   O'Brien, John T ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; dementia; magnetic resonance imaging; stroke; thalamus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CAUDATE LACUNE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTSTROKE DEMENTIA; PUTAMEN; STROKE; THALAMUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASAL GANGLIA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PUTAMEN; STROKE; THALAMUS;

EID: 84859077424     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211002195     Document Type: Article

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