Greater loss of von Economo neurons than loss of layer II and III neurons in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

American Journal of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 64-71

  Santillo, Alexander F ^a   Englund, Elisabet ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Frontotemporal dementia; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Von Economo neurons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980053693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2165591X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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