Constructional apraxia as a distinctive cognitive and structural brain feature of pre-senile Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 391-402

  Serra, Laura ^a   Fadda, Lucia ^a,b   Perri, Roberta ^a   Spanò, Barbara ^a   Marra, Camillo ^c   Castelli, Diana ^c   Torso, Mario ^a   Makovac, Elena ^a   Cercignani, Mara ^d   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b   Bozzali, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; constructional praxis; drawing tasks; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CONSTRUCTIVE APRAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE DURATION; DRAWING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WORKING MEMORY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; CONSTRUCTIONAL PRAXIS; DRAWING TASKS; VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIAS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84889592492     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-130656     Document Type: Article

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