Electroencephalography reveals lower regional blood perfusion and atrophy of the temporoparietal network associated with memory defcits and hippocampal volume reduction in mild cognitive impairment due to alzheimer’s disease

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 461-470

  Moretti, Davide Vito ^a  

^a IRCCSS an Giovannidi Dio FBF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Atrophy; Electroencephalography; Hippocampal volume; Memory defcits; Mild cognitive impairment; Perfusion; Temporoparietal network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPOROPARIETAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84923271255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S78830     Document Type: Article

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