Cognitive function correlates with frontal white matter apparent diffusion coefficients in patients with leukoaraiosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-366

  Viana Baptista, M ^a,c   Bugalho, P ^a   Jordao C ^b   Ferreira, N ^c   Ferreira, A ^c   Forjaz Secca, M ^a,b   Esperanca Pina J A ^a   Ferro, J M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Ressonancia Magnetica de Caselas   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Executive function; Frontal lobe; Leukoaraiosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGIT CANCELING TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INVERSE DIGIT REPETITION TEST; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAVEN COLORED PROGRESSIVE MATRICE TEST; REY COMPLEX FIGURE TEST; SYMBOL DIGIT SUBSTITUTION TEST; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL FLUENCY TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41149152148     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0661-9     Document Type: Article

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