Uncovering the Neural Bases of Cognitive and Affective Empathy Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease and the Behavioral-Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 801-816

  Dermody, Nadene ^a,b   Wong, Stephanie ^b,c   Ahmed, Rebekah ^b,d   Piguet, Olivier ^a,b,c   Hodges, John R ^a,b,c   Irish, Muireann ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neurodegenerative diseases; orbitofrontal cortex; right hemisphere; social cognition; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPATHY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; THEORY OF MIND; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WORKING MEMORY; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84981294899     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-160175     Document Type: Article

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