cortical atrophy

Cortical atrophy is usually founded in older affected people.

They have cortical atrophy or degeneration of the brain's outer layer.

At the present as stated, this is the best indication for treatment of the cerebellar cortical atrophies.

There was good evidence of cortical atrophy, particularly in the cells of the zone fascicularis.

Structural neuroimaging has also shown the presence of midline diencephalic lesions and cortical atrophy.

Neuroimaging evidence of cortical atrophy.

This patient was found, using MRIs, to have cortical atrophy in the left superior temporal lobe region.

He has a rare form of the disease called posterior cortical atrophy, in which areas at the back of the brain begin to shrink and shrivel.

Examining the slides of O'Neill's brain, the doctors confirmed the original diagnosis, "late-onset cerebellar cortical atrophy."

A revised analysis of his autopsy report shows that, contrary to the previous diagnosis, he did not have Parkinson's disease, but a late-onset cerebellar cortical atrophy.

Neuroradiology and functional imaging have shown mild cortical atrophy and effects in dopamine-mediated frontostriatal circuits in some cases.

She had cortical atrophy, widening of the cerebral sulci and loss of the parenchyma, the telltale hints of Alzheimer's.

Other terms used to describe the condition in dogs include cerebellar cortical atrophy and postnatal cerebellar cortical degeneration.

Posterior cortical atrophy, he says, "sits on top of Alzheimer's - you have to go all the way through PCA before you hit the Alzheimer's".

Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), also called Benson's syndrome, is most usually considered to be an atypical variant of Alzheimer's disease.

Individuals with frontotemporal dementia and Pick's disease will show frontal cortical atrophy on CT scans or MRIs.

To be specific, MRI of CBD typically shows posterior parietal and frontal cortical atrophy with unequal representation in corresponding sides.

Over time this patient, afflicted with a degenerative brain condition called posterior cortical atrophy, loses her ability to recognize objects and people, though she retains a keen sense of color and shape.

Despite being caused by the same disease process, the effects of posterior cortical atrophy and typical Alzheimer's disease upon the behaviour, thought processes and skills of individuals with each condition are very different.

Firstly, there are anatomical reports of ventricular enlargement and cortical atrophy in people with chronic schizophrenia, and of a thickening of the corpus collosum and cerebral atrophy (Cutting, 1985).

Out of the shadows : Four videos in which Terry Pratchett reveals what it was like to be diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), a rare variant of Alzheimer's disease.

By contrast, individuals with posterior cortical atrophy tend to have well preserved memory and language but instead show a progressive, dramatic and relatively selective decline in vision and/or literacy skills such as spelling, writing and arithmetic.

Despite the undoubted presence of cortical atrophy (as determined through MRI and SPECT) in individuals experiencing the symptoms of CBD, this is not an exclusive indicator for the disease.

Another case study is of the acclaimed concert pianist Lilian Kallir, who suffered from Posterior cortical atrophy yet was surprisingly resilient despite the numerous deficits it caused, and the effect on her musical abilities was particularly notable.

Mounted above it is the specially designed helmet that fires bursts of infra-red light into his head to try to reverse the effects of posterior cortical atrophy - a form of Alzheimer's - with which Pratchett was diagnosed in 2007 when he was 59.