Absolute diffusivities define the landscape of white matter degeneration in Alzheimer's disease

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 529-539

  Acosta Cabronero, Julio ^a   Williams, Guy B ^b   Pengas, George ^a   Nestor, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion tensor; Neurodegenerative mechanisms; Tract based spatial statistics; White matter

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 77249110320     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp257     Document Type: Article

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