Hippocampal atrophy and verbal episodic memory performance in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease: A preliminary study

Abstract To evaluate hippocampal volume in patients with AD and aMCI, and correlate its atrophy with verbal episodic memory performance. Methods: We studied 42 individuals older than 50 years, including 14 with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), 14 with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) and...

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Main Authors: Nathalia Carollina Peruzza Marchiani, Marcio Luiz Figueredo Balthazar, Fernando Cendes, Benito Pereira Damasceno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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MRI
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642008000100037&lng=en&tlng=en