Neuroanatomical correlates of awareness of illness in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment who will or will not convert to Alzheimer's disease

Cortex

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-195

  Spalletta, Gianfranco ^a   Piras, Fabrizio ^a   Piras, Federica ^a   Sancesario, Giuseppe ^b   Iorio, Mariangela ^a   Fratangeli, Claudia ^a   Cacciari, Claudia ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b   Orfei, Maria D ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuroimaging; Self awareness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOSOGNOSIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARS TRIANGULARIS; SELF CONCEPT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BRAIN; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; BRAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84914102808     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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