Uncinate fasciculus-correlated cognition in Alzheimer's disease: A diffusion tensor imaging study by tractography

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-20

  Morikawa, Masayuki ^a,b   Kiuchi, Kuniaki ^b   Taoka, Toshiaki ^b   Nagauchi, Kiyoyuki ^b   Kichikawa, Kimihiko ^b   Kishimoto, Toshifumi ^b  

^a Sakai City Mental Health Center   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive function; Diffusion tensor imaging; Tractography; Uncinate fasciculus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77956912160     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2010.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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