Shape analysis of the neostriatum in frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Alzheimer's disease, and controls

Date

2010

Authors

Looi, Jeffrey
Walterfang, Mark
Styner, Martin
Svensson, Leif
Lindberg, Olof
Ostberg, P
Botes, L
Orndahl, E
Chua, Phyllis
Kumar, Rajeev

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Academic Press

Abstract

Background and purpose: Frontostriatal circuit mediated cognitive dysfunction has been implicated in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), but not Alzheimer's disease, or healthy aging. We measured the neostriatum (caudate nucleus and putamen) volume

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Keywords: adult; aged; Alzheimer disease; article; brain atrophy; brain region; brain size; caudate nucleus; clinical article; controlled study; female; frontotemporal dementia; human; male; neostriatum; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; priority journal; putamen

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Neuroimage

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Journal article

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2037-12-31