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Functional MRI assessment of task-induced deactivation of the default mode network in Alzheimer's disease and at-risk older individuals.
Behavioural neurology - 1 Jan 2009
Pihlajamäki Maija, Sperling Reisa A
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in old age, and is characterized by prominent impairment of episodic memory. Recent functional imaging studies in AD have demonstrated alterations in a distributed network of brain regions supporting memory function, including regions of the default mode network. Previous positron emission tomography studies of older individuals at risk for AD have...
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