Behavioural and emotional symptoms of apathy are associated with distinct patterns of brain atrophy in neurodegenerative disorders

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2481-2490

  Stanton, Biba R ^a   Leigh, P Nigel ^b   Howard, Robert J ^c   Barker, Gareth J ^c   Brown, Richard G ^c  

^a Department of Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apathy; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Structural MRI; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APATHY; ATROPHY; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE;

EID: 84886085235     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-6989-9     Document Type: Article

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