Greater default-mode network abnormalities compared to high order visual processing systems in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: An integrated multi-modal MRI study

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 523-539

  Sala Llonch, Roser ^a,b   Bosch, Beatriz ^a   Arenaza Urquijo, Eider M ^b   Rami, Lorena ^a   Bargalló, Núria ^a,c   Junqué, Carme ^b,c   Molinuevo, José Luis ^a,c   Bartrés Faz, David ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; compensation; default mode network; diffusion MRI; fMRI; mild cognitive impairment; structural magnetic resonance; tractography; visual pathways

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESTIC MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACTOGRAPHY; VISUAL PROCESSING SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 78650807192     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-101038     Document Type: Article

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