Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 27, Issue 10 , Pages 1416-1424 , October 2006

Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 is associated with atrophy of the amygdala in Alzheimer's disease

  • Michael Basso

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, One Church Street, Suite 600, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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  • Joel Gelernter

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • John Yang

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, One Church Street, Suite 600, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    • ,
  • Martha G. MacAvoy

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, One Church Street, Suite 600, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    • ,
  • Pradeep Varma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • Richard A. Bronen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Christopher H. van Dyck

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, One Church Street, Suite 600, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    • Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 203 764 8100; fax: +1 203 764 8111.

Received 22 April 2005 ,Revised 30 June 2005 ,Accepted 10 August 2005.

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Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 27, Issue 10 , Pages 1416-1424 , October 2006

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