Fronto-striatal atrophy in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia & Alzheimer’s disease

Fronto-striatal atrophy in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia & Alzheimer’s disease

Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) has only recently been associated with significant striatal atrophy, whereas the striatum appears to be relatively preserved in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Considering the critical role the striatum has in cognition and behaviour, striatal degenerati...

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Main Authors: Maxime eBertoux, Claire eO'Callaghan, Emma eFlanagan, John R Hodges, Michael eHornberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Frontotemporal Dementia
Alzheimer's disease
Striatum
ventromedial prefrontal cortex
fronto-striatal circuits
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2015.00147/full

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