1996
CT measurement of suprasellar cistern predicts rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
Aylward E, Rasmusson D, Brandt J, Raimundo L, Folstein M, Pearlson G. CT measurement of suprasellar cistern predicts rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Journal Of The International Neuropsychological Society 1996, 2: 89-95. PMID: 9375193, DOI: 10.1017/s135561770000093x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuprasellar cisternAlzheimer's diseaseAD patientsCT measuresQuantitative computed tomography (CT) measuresMini-Mental State Exam scoreCT measurementsComputed tomography measuresProbable Alzheimer's diseaseState Exam scoreBicaudate ratioBifrontal ratioNeurocognitive declineLateral ventricleThird ventricleCT scanTomography measuresCognitive declineCognitive functionPatientsAdaptive functioningDiseaseScansNeuropsychological measuresCognitive functioning
1992
Putamen volume reduction on magnetic resonance imaging exceeds caudate changes in mild Huntington's disease
Harris G, Pearlson G, Peyser C, Aylward E, Roberts J, Barta P, Chase G, Folstein S. Putamen volume reduction on magnetic resonance imaging exceeds caudate changes in mild Huntington's disease. Annals Of Neurology 1992, 31: 69-75. PMID: 1531910, DOI: 10.1002/ana.410310113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMild Huntington's diseaseBicaudate ratioCaudate atrophyHuntington's diseaseHD patientsControl subjectsCaudate volumePutamen volumeSex-matched control subjectsNeurological examination scoresPutamen volume reductionsCharacteristic pathological featuresModerate Huntington's diseaseMagnetic resonance imagingCaudate changesNeostriatal atrophyNeuronal lossNeuroradiological studiesComputerized image analysis systemPathological featuresGreater atrophyBrain abnormalitiesCaudate nucleusAtrophyPatients