| Literature DB >> 17615169 |
E J Kim1, G D Rabinovici, W W Seeley, C Halabi, H Shu, M W Weiner, S J DeArmond, J Q Trojanowski, M L Gorno-Tempini, B L Miller, H J Rosen.
Abstract
We applied optimised voxel based morphometry (VBM) to brain MRIs from autopsy proven cases of tau positive frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD-T, n = 6), ubiquitin and TDP-43 positive/tau negative FTLD (FTLD-U, n = 8) and cognitively normal controls (n = 61). The analysis revealed that FTLD-T and FTLD-U both show atrophy in the frontal cortex and striatum, but striatal atrophy is more severe in FTLD-T. Manual region of interest tracing of caudate and putamen volumes confirmed the VBM findings. These anatomical differences may help distinguish between FTLD spectrum pathological subtypes in vivo.Entities:
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 2007 PMID: 17615169 PMCID: PMC2095621 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.114231
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ISSN: 0022-3050 Impact factor: 10.154