Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 43-57 , 15 October 2007

Reduced neuronal efficacy in progressive mild cognitive impairment: A prospective fMRI study on visuospatial processing

  • Patrizia Vannini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Novum, level 5 / Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 14186 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel.: +46 8 585 828 89; fax: +46 8 585 854 70.
    • ,
  • Ove Almkvist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Thomas Dierks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Psychiatry, CH-3000 Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Christoph Lehmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Psychiatry, CH-3000 Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Lars-Olof Wahlund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden

Received 3 October 2006 ,Revised 19 January 2007 ,Accepted 12 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.02.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 43-57 , 15 October 2007

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