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Neuroimaging patterns in dementia subtypes (SPECT/MRI)
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"Alzheimer's forgets the back of the head is fine (occipital spared, parietal/temporal hit); Lewy bodies see the back go dark (occipital hit) but keep the memory island (posterior cingulate/hippocampi relatively spared); Frontotemporal loses its front-of-house manners (frontal/anterior temporal hit)."