Neuronal networks in Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscientist

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-350

  He, Yong ^a,b   Chen, Zhang ^b   Gong, Gaolang ^b   Evans, Alan ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Cortical thickness; Default mode; fMRI; Graph theory; Small world networks; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 68949098594     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858409334423     Document Type: Review

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