Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 3 , Pages 251-261 , 30 April 2006

Volumetry of amygdala and hippocampus and memory performance in Alzheimer's disease

  • Michael Basso

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
    • ,
  • John Yang

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
    • ,
  • Lauren Warren

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
    • ,
  • Martha G. MacAvoy

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
    • ,
  • Pradeep Varma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Richard A. Bronen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Christopher H. van Dyck

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
    • Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, One Church Street, Suite 600, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Tel.: +1 203 764 8100; fax: +1 203 764 8111.

Received 30 July 2005 ,Revised 3 January 2006 ,Accepted 8 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.01.007

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 3 , Pages 251-261 , 30 April 2006

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