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SUBMITTER: Misquitta K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7453140 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Misquitta Karen K Dadar Mahsa M Louis Collins D D Tartaglia Maria Carmela MC
NeuroImage. Clinical 20200731
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS), such as apathy, irritability and depression, are frequently encountered in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Focal grey matter atrophy has been linked to NPS development. Cerebrovascular disease is common among AD patients and can be detected on MRI as white matter hyperintensities (WMH). In this longitudinal study, the relative contribution of WMH burden and GM atrophy to NPS was evaluated in a cohort of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), AD and normal contr ...[more]