2019
Relative preservation of facial expression recognition in posterior cortical atrophy.
Pressman PS, Gola K, Shdo SM, Miller BL, Fredericks C, Mielke C, Pelak V, Rankin KP. Relative preservation of facial expression recognition in posterior cortical atrophy. Neurology 2019, 92: e1064-e1071. PMID: 30760634, PMCID: PMC6442010, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000007075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior cortical atrophyBehavioral variant frontotemporal dementiaAlzheimer's diseaseCortical atrophyHealthy controlsVariant frontotemporal dementiaObservational studyRelative preservationAffective blindsightBvFTD groupFrontotemporal dementiaPatientsGroup differencesAtrophyGroupDementiaDisease
2018
Intrinsic connectivity networks in posterior cortical atrophy: A role for the pulvinar?
Fredericks CA, Brown JA, Deng J, Kramer A, Ossenkoppele R, Rankin K, Kramer JH, Miller BL, Rabinovici GD, Seeley WW. Intrinsic connectivity networks in posterior cortical atrophy: A role for the pulvinar? NeuroImage Clinical 2018, 21: 101628. PMID: 30528957, PMCID: PMC6411779, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.101628.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior cortical atrophyVisuospatial networkAlzheimer's diseaseClinical featuresCortical atrophyPulvinar nucleusSN connectivityConnectivity changesPulvinar thalamic nucleiPatients' clinical featuresAmnestic Alzheimer's diseaseMedial pulvinar nucleusLateral pulvinar nucleusDefault mode network connectivitySalience network connectivityMore depressive symptomsMode network connectivityStandardized neuropsychological batteryTask-free fMRIIntrinsic connectivity networksDirect anatomical connectionsVisuospatial symptomsConnectivity increasesBrain atrophyPCa patients