Distinct neuroanatomical bases of episodic and semantic memory performance in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 930-937

  Hirni, Daniela I ^a,b   Kivisaari, Sasa L ^a,b   Monsch, Andreas U ^a,b   Taylor, Kirsten I ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Centre for Speech Language and the Brain   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Entorhinal cortex; Episodic memory; Hippocampus; Perirhinal cortex; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; SEMANTIC MEMORY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84875341107     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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