Contribution of brain imaging to the understanding of gait disorders in Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 371-380

  Annweiler, Cédric ^a,b,c,d   Beauchet, Olivier ^d   Celle, Sébastien ^e   Roche, Frédéric ^e   Annweiler, Thierry ^f   Allali, Gilles ^g   Bartha, Robert ^c   Montero Odasso, Manuel ^a,b  

^a PARKWOOD HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; brain imaging; gait; hippocampus; leukoencephalopathies

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASAL GANGLION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84865623261     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317512454710     Document Type: Review

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