Brain structural substrates of semantic memory decline in mild cognitive impairment

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 373-389

  Gardini, Simona ^a   Cuetos, Fernando ^b   Fasano, Fabrizio ^a   Pellegrini, Francesca Ferrari ^c   Marchi, Massimo ^a   Venneri, Annalena ^d,e   Caffarra, Paolo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c AUSL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive decline; Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; MRI; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRUIT; FURNITURE; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; READING; RECALL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84878666048     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: 18755828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1567205011310040004     Document Type: Article

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