Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 27, Issue 12 , Pages 1751-1756 , December 2006

Volume reduction of the entorhinal cortex in subjective memory impairment

  • Frank Jessen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany. Tel.: +49 228 287 1109; fax: +49 228 287 6097.
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  • Ludger Feyen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
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  • Katrin Freymann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
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  • Ralf Tepest

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
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  • Wolfgang Maier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
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  • Reinhard Heun

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neuroscience, University of Birmingham, UK
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  • Hans-H. Schild

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Germany
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  • Lukas Scheef

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Germany

Received 10 May 2005 ,Revised 17 October 2005 ,Accepted 19 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.10.010

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 27, Issue 12 , Pages 1751-1756 , December 2006

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