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Hippocampal hyperactivation in presymptomatic familial Alzheimer's disease.
Annals of neurology - 1 Dec 2010
Quiroz Yakeel T, Budson Andrew E, Celone Kim, Ruiz Adriana, Newmark Randall, Castrillón Gabriel, Lopera Francisco, Stern Chantal E
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OBJECTIVE: The examination of individuals who carry fully penetrant genetic alterations that result in familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) provides a unique model for studying the early presymptomatic disease stages. In AD, deficits in episodic and associative memory have been linked to structural and functional changes within the hippocampal system. This study used functional MRI (fMRI) to examine hippocampal...
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