Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging tractography in cognitive disorders

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 599-606

  Catani, Marco ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive disorders; Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging; Disconnection syndromes; Hodology; Tractography; White matter tracts

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 33751061033     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wco.0000247610.44106.3f     Document Type: Review

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