Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 85-94 , January 2003

Regional pattern of hippocampus and corpus callosum atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease in relation to dementia severity: evidence for early neocortical degeneration

  • S.J Teipel

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +11-49-89-5160-5860; fax: +11-49-89-5160-5865.
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  • W Bayer

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • G.E Alexander

      Affiliations

    • MRI Morphology Core, Arizona Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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  • A.L.W Bokde

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • Y Zebuhr

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • D Teichberg

      Affiliations

    • Section on Brain Physiology and Metabolism, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • F Müller-Spahn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • M.B Schapiro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurology, Children Hospital Medical Center, Cincinatti, OH, USA
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  • H.-J Möller

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • S.I Rapoport

      Affiliations

    • Section on Brain Physiology and Metabolism, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • H Hampel

      Affiliations

    • Dementia and Neuroimaging Section, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
    • Co-corresponding author.

Received 15 August 2001 ,Revised 1 February 2002 ,Accepted 7 March 2002.

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Neurobiology of Aging
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