Apathy is associated with lower inferior temporal cortical thickness in mild cognitive impairment and normal elderly individuals

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e22-e27

  Guercio, Brendan J ^a,b   Donovan, Nancy J ^a,b,c,d   Ward, Andrew ^c   Schultz, Aaron ^c   Lorius, Natacha ^b,c   Amariglio, Rebecca E ^a,b,c,d   Rentz, Dorene M ^a,b,c,d   Johnson, Keith A ^a,b,c   Sperling, Reisa A ^a,b,c   Marshall, Gad A ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; APATHY; APATHY EVALUATION SCALE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGIT SYMBOL SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; AGING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84926328243     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13060141     Document Type: Article

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