Difference of the hippocampal and white matter microalterations in MCI patients according to the severity of subcortical vascular changes: Neuropsychological correlates of diffusion tensor imaging

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 552-561

  Shim, Yong S ^a   Yoon, Bora ^a   Shon, Young Min ^a   Ahn, Kook Jin ^a   Yang, Dong Won ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Mild cognitive impairment; Subcortical vascular change

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 44449145346     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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