Contrasting prefrontal cortex contributions to episodic memory dysfunction in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and alzheimer's disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Wong, Stephanie ^a,b,c   Flanagan, Emma ^a   Savage, Greg ^b,c   Hodges, John R ^a,c,d   Hornberger, Michael ^a,c,d  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; AGED; ATROPHY; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84895107519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087778     Document Type: Article

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