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MRI Scans Dementia Research Group Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) These three scans are coronal views, one of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (Pick’s type), one of Alzheimer’s disease and a normal brain for comparison. Imagine you are looking at a brain face on, the picture taken from ear to ear. The Pick’s scan shows marked atrophy (shrinkage) of the left temporal lobe. Asymmetric atrophy is characteristic of frontotemporal lobar degeneration when there is impairment of speech.
The second scan shows global atrophy typically seen in Alzheimer’s disease. There is an even loss of tissue throughout the brain.
The third scan shows how a normal brain should look.
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