Structural insights into aberrant topological patterns of large-scale cortical networks in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4756-4766

  He, Yong ^a   Chen, Zhang ^a   Evans, Alan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Association cortex; Betweenness; Connectivity; Cortical thickness; Small world

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; AGED; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOLOGY; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 44649118754     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0141-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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