White matter pathology isolates the hippocampal formation in Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-256

  Salat, D H ^a,b   Tuch, D S ^a,b   van der Kouwe, A J W ^a,b   Greve, D N ^a,b   Pappu, V ^a,b   Lee, S Y ^a,b   Hevelone, N D ^a,b   Zaleta, A K ^a,b   Growdon, J H ^b   Corkin, S ^a   Fischl, B ^a,b   Rosas, H D ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer; Axial diffusivity; Axon; Dementia; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusivity; Entorhinal; Fractional anisotropy; Hippocampus; Hyperintensities; Memory; MRI; Myelin; Radial diffusivity; T2; Tractography; Volume; White matter

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN SIZE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS;

EID: 71349083023     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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