Subcortical Atrophy in Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 813-823

  Hilal, Saima ^a,b   Amin, Shaik Muhammad ^a,b   Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy ^c   Niessen, Wiro J ^d,e   Vrooman, Henri ^d   Wong, Tien Yin ^f,g   Chen, Christopher ^a,b   Ikram, Mohammad Kamran ^a,b,f,g  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c RAFFLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^g Academy of Medicine Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; magnetic resonance imaging; risk factors; subcortical atrophy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYGDALAR ATROPHY; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT NO DEMENTIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY (PEOPLE); MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PUTAMEN; RISK FACTOR; SUBCORTICAL GRAY MATTER ATROPHY; THALAMUS; VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER LESION; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; GRAY MATTER; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGAPORE;

AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84943747636     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-150473     Document Type: Article

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