Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 3 , Pages 248-259 , 30 August 2008

Functional abnormalities of the visual processing system in subjects with mild cognitive impairment: An fMRI study

  • Arun Lawrence Warren Bokde

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Research Section, Alzheimer Memorial Center and Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital incorporating The National Children's Hospital (AMiNCH), Dublin, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Discipline of Psychiatry, Trinity College, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating The National Children's Hospital (AMiNCH), Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland. Tel.: +353 1 896 4104; fax: +353 1 896 1313.
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  • Patricia Lopez-Bayo

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Research Section, Alzheimer Memorial Center and Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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  • Christine Born

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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  • Wentian Dong

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Research Section, Alzheimer Memorial Center and Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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  • Thomas Meindl

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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  • Gerda Leinsinger

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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  • Stefan Johannes Teipel

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Research Section, Alzheimer Memorial Center and Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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  • Frank Faltraco

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Research Section, Alzheimer Memorial Center and Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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  • Maximilian Reiser

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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  • Hans-Jürgen Möller

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Research Section, Alzheimer Memorial Center and Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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  • Harald Hampel

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Research Section, Alzheimer Memorial Center and Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital incorporating The National Children's Hospital (AMiNCH), Dublin, Ireland

Received 19 January 2007 ,Revised 11 June 2007 ,Accepted 26 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.08.013

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 3 , Pages 248-259 , 30 August 2008

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