Cortical atrophy in ALS is critically associated with neuropsychiatric and cognitive changes

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1117-1123

  Mioshi, Eneida ^a   Lillo, Patricia ^a   Yew, Belinda ^a   Hsieh, Sharpley ^a   Savage, Sharon ^a   Hodges, John R ^a   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a   Hornberger, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS FUNCTIONAL RATING SCALE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CAMBRIDGE BEHAVIORAL INVENTORY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84876253929     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31828869da     Document Type: Article

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