Assessment of white matter tract damage in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1862-1875

  Pievani, Michela ^a,b   Agosta, Federica ^a   Pagani, Elisabetta ^a   Canu, Elisa ^b   Sala, Stefania ^a   Absinta, Martina ^a   Geroldi, Cristina ^b   Ganzola, Rossana ^b   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^b   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cortico cortical association tracts; Diffusion tensor; Limbic network; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mild cognitive impairment; White matter tracts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956588104     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20978     Document Type: Article

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