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Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Memory Disorders

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Neuroimaging II

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has had two major influences on research in the area of neurologically based memory disorders. First, it has provided us with more reliable anatomical definition of pathological and normal brain tissue. Second, it has allowed better quantification of cerebral lesions and of normal brain structures. In this chapter, I will review both trends and offer examples of each type of advance. The reader is referred to Andreasan (1989) for an introduction to MRI and to the articles edited by Isherwood (1992) and by Perlmutter (1993) for reviews of recent advances in MRI techniques and their clinical applications.

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Kapur, N. (1996). Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Memory Disorders. In: Bigler, E.D. (eds) Neuroimaging II. Human Brain Function. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1769-0_11

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