Regional pattern of increased water diffusivity in hippocampus and corpus callosum in mild cognitive impairment

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-229

  Wang, Huali ^a,b   Su, Min Ying ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Corpus callosum; Hippocampus; Mild cognitive impairment; Water diffusivity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; ATROPHY; BODY WATER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOCORTEX;

EID: 33748157910     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094934     Document Type: Article

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