Emotional empathy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A behavioural and voxel-based morphometry study

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 21-29

  Cerami, Chiara ^a,b   Dodich, Alessandra ^a   Canessa, Nicola ^a   Crespi, Chiara ^a   Iannaccone, Sandro ^b   Corbo, Massimo ^c   Lunetta, Christian ^c   Consonni, Monica ^a   Scola, Elisa ^a,b   Falini, Andrea ^a,b   Cappa, Stefano F ^a,b  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Biomarker; Dementia; Empathy; Imaging; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84903366012     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2013.785568     Document Type: Article

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