Medial temporal lobe function during emotional memory in early Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and healthy ageing: An fMRI study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Parra, Mario A ^a   Pattan, Vivek ^b   Wong, Dichelle ^c   Beaglehole, Anna ^d   Lonie, Jane ^c   Wan, Hong I ^e   Honey, Garry ^e   Hall, Jeremy ^c   Whalley, Heather C ^c   Lawrie, Stephen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Emotional memory; fMRI; Incidental memory; Medial temporal lobe; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL PLACE AREA; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84874516640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-76     Document Type: Article

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