Alzheimer's disease (AD) and executive dysfunction. A case-control study on the significance of frontal white matter changes detected by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-266

  Sjöbeck, Martin ^a   Elfgren, Christina ^a   Larsson, Elna Marie ^b   Brockstedt, Sara ^c   Lätt, Jimmy ^c   Englund, Elisabet ^a   Passant, Ulla ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Executive function; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; STROOP TEST; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77649178915     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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