Regional atrophy of the insular cortex is associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms in alzheimer's disease patients

European Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 223-229

  Moon, Yeonsil ^a   Moon, Won Jin ^a   Kim, Heejin ^a   Han, Seol Heui ^a,b  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Insula; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuropsychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; IRRITABILITY; LEFT ANTERIOR INSULAR CORTEX; LEFT POSTERIOR INSULAR CORTEX; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT ANTERIOR INSULAR CORTEX; RIGHT POSTERIOR INSULAR CORTEX; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; AGITATION; ANTERIOR INSULA; ANXIETY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CENTRAL SULCUS; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISINHIBITION; EATING DISORDER; EUPHORIA; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; HALLUCINATION; LOCOMOTION; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSTERIOR COMMISSURE; POSTERIOR INSULA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; WHITE MATTER LESION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84901657110     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356343     Document Type: Article

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