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Functional alterations in memory networks in early Alzheimer's disease.
Neuromolecular medicine - 1 Mar 2010
Sperling Reisa A, Dickerson Bradford C, Pihlajamaki Maija, Vannini Patrizia, LaViolette Peter S, Vitolo Ottavio V, Hedden Trey, Becker J Alex, Rentz Dorene M, Selkoe Dennis J, Johnson Keith A
Abstract excerpt
The hallmark clinical symptom of early Alzheimer's disease (AD) is episodic memory impairment. Recent functional imaging studies suggest that memory function is subserved by a set of distributed networks, which include both the medial temporal lobe (MTL) system and the set of cortical regions collectively referred to as the default network. Specific regions of the default network, in particular, the posteromedial...
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