White matter disease correlates with lexical retrieval deficits in primary progressive aphasia

White matter disease correlates with lexical retrieval deficits in primary progressive aphasia

Objective: To relate fractional anisotropy changes associated with the semantic and logopenic variants of primary progressive aphasia to measures of lexical retrieval.Methods: We collected neuropsychological testing, volumetric MRI, and diffusion-weighted imaging on semantic variant primary progress...

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Main Authors: John P. Powers, Corey T. McMillan, Caroline C. Brun, Paul A. Yushkevich, Hui eZhang, James C. Gee, Murray eGrossman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Frontotemporal Dementia
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neuropsychology
primary progressive aphasia
Diffusion weighted MRI
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2013.00212/full

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