Strategic lesions in the anterior thalamic radiation and apathy in early Alzheimer's disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Torso, Mario ^a   Serra, Laura ^a   Giulietti, Giovanni ^a   Spanò, Barbara ^c   Tuzzi, Elisa ^a   Koch, Giacomo ^a,b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b   Cercignani, Mara ^a,c   Bozzali, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY 12; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER LESION; ATROPHY; BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ATROPHY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84929119245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124998     Document Type: Article

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