Increased Water Diffusion in Cerebral White Matter in Alzheimer’s Disease

Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 343-351

  Hanyu, Haruo ^a   Shindo, Hiroaki ^a   Kakizaki, Dai ^a   Abe, Kimihiko ^a   Iwamoto, Toshihiko ^a   Takasaki, Masaru ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Anisotropy; Diffusion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Periventricular hyperintensity; White matter

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; WATER;

EID: 0030693596     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213874     Document Type: Article

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