Loss of connectivity in Alzheimer's disease: An evaluation of white matter tract integrity with colour coded MR diffusion tensor imaging

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 528-530

  Rose, Stephen E ^a   Chen, Fang ^a   Chalk, Jonathan B ^a   Zelaya, Fernando O ^c   Strugnell, Wendy E ^b   Benson, Mark ^b   Semple, James ^d   Doddrell, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion tensor MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033798013     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.4.528     Document Type: Article

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