Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 780-786 , May 2010

Altered connectivity among emotion-related brain regions during short-term memory in Alzheimer's disease

  • R. Shayna Rosenbaum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
    • The Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 2E1
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3. Tel.: +1 416 736 2100x20449; fax: +1 416 736 5662.
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  • Maura L. Furey

      Affiliations

    • Neuroimaging Section, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, 15K North Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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  • Barry Horwitz

      Affiliations

    • Brain Imaging and Modeling Section, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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  • Cheryl L. Grady

      Affiliations

    • The Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 2E1
    • Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G3

Received 5 October 2007 ,Revised 30 May 2008 ,Accepted 9 June 2008.

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☆ This work was supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP 14036).

PII: S0197-4580(08)00208-X

doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.06.002

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 780-786 , May 2010

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