Brain networks in posterior cortical atrophy: A single case tractography study and literature review

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1298-1309

  Migliaccio, Raffaella ^a,b   Agosta, Federica ^d   Toba, Monica N ^a   Samri, Dalila ^a   Corlier, Fabian ^a   de Souza, Leonardo C ^a   Chupin, Marie ^a,f   Sharman, Michael ^a,c   Gorno Tempini, Maria L ^e   Dubois, Bruno ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^d   Bartolomeo, Paolo ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c CENIR   (France)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brain networks; Ideomotor apraxia; Neurodegeneration; Optic ataxia; Visuo spatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; TRACTOGRAPHY; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET;

EID: 84867140476     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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