Anatomical connectivity mapping: A new tool to assess brain disconnection in Alzheimer's disease

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2045-2051

  Bozzali, Marco ^a   Parker, Geoffrey J M ^b   Serra, Laura ^a   Embleton, Karl ^b   Gili, Tommaso ^a,c   Perri, Roberta ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,d   Cercignani, Mara ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion; Disconnection; Mild cognitive impairment; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRACTOGRAPHY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 78650207640     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.08.069     Document Type: Article

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