Minimal Atrophy of the Entorhinal Cortex and Hippocampus: Progression of Cognitive Impairment
Author(s) -
Daniel Varón,
David Loewenstein,
Elizabeth Potter,
Maria T. Greig,
Joscelyn Agrón,
Qian Shen,
Weizhao Zhao,
Maria Celeste M. Ramirez,
Isael Santos,
Warren Barker,
Huntington Potter,
Ranjan Duara
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1421-9824
pISSN - 1420-8008
DOI - 10.1159/000324711
Subject(s) - atrophy , entorhinal cortex , dementia , hippocampus , psychology , alzheimer's disease , medicine , clinical dementia rating , cardiology , disease
In Alzheimer's disease, neurodegenerative atrophy progresses from the entorhinal cortex (ERC) to the hippocampus (HP), limbic system and neocortex. The significance of very mild atrophy of the ERC and HP on MRI scans among elderly subjects is unknown.
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