Neurodegenerative diseases

Radiol Clin North Am. 2008 Jul;46(4):799-817, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2008.06.002.

Abstract

This article outlines the changes seen using various imaging modalities in the normally aging brain and then discusses in detail the changes seen with various pathologic conditions. Entities discussed include primary degenerative dementias, extrapyramidal system diseases, and vascular dementias.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / diagnosis
  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / diagnosis
  • Dementia / diagnosis
  • Dementia, Vascular / diagnosis
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Huntington Disease / diagnosis
  • Hydrocephalus / diagnosis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Multiple System Atrophy / diagnosis
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Parkinson Disease, Secondary / diagnosis
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / diagnosis
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon