Longitudinal changes in fiber tract integrity in healthy aging and mild cognitive impairment: A DTI follow-up study

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 507-522

  Teipel, Stefan J ^a,b   Meindl, Thomas ^c   Wagner, Maximilian ^c   Stieltjes, Bram ^d   Reuter, Sigrid ^a,b   Hauenstein, Karl Heinz ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^e   Ernemann, Ulrike ^f   Reiser, Maximilian F ^c   Hampel, Harald ^c,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^h GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical connectivity; fractional anisotropy; longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 78650812635     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-100234     Document Type: Article

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