Does posterior cingulate hypometabolism result from disconnection or local pathology across preclinical and clinical stages of Alzheimer’s disease?

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 526-536

  Teipel, Stefan ^a,b   Grothe, Michel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyloid pathology; Disconnection; Early diagnosis; Hippocampus atrophy; Multimodal imaging; Prodromal Alzheimer s disease

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; AGING; ATROPHY; CHEMISTRY; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GRAY MATTER; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84955750954     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3222-3     Document Type: Article

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