Journal article
The effect of white matter hyperintensities on verbal memory
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between white matter hyperintensities (WMH) presumed to indicate disease of the cerebral small vessels, temporal lobe atrophy, and verbal memory deficits in Alzheimer disease (AD) and other dementias.
METHODS: We recruited groups of participants with and without AD, including strata with extensive WMH and minimal WMH, into a cross-sectional proof-of-principle study (n = 118). A consecutive case series …
Authors
Swardfager W; Cogo-Moreira H; Masellis M; Ramirez J; Herrmann N; Edwards JD; Saleem M; Chan P; Yu D; Nestor SM
Journal
Neurology, Vol. 90, No. 8, pp. e673–e682
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
February 20, 2018
DOI
10.1212/wnl.0000000000004983
ISSN
0028-3878