Diffusion tensor imaging correlates with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in posterior cingulate region of patients with Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 218-225

  Ding, Bei ^a   Chen, Ke Min ^a   Ling, Hua Wei ^a   Zhang, Huan ^a   Chai, Wei Min ^a   Li, Xia ^b   Wang, Tao ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROTONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40549131026     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113948     Document Type: Article

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