Pre-dementia memory impairment is associated with white matter tract affection

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-153

  Grambaite, Ramune ^a   Reinvang, Ivar ^b   Selnes, Per ^a   Fjell, Anders M ^b,c   Walhovd, Kristine B ^b,c   Stenset, Vidar ^a,c   Fladby, Tormod ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cortical thickness; Diffusion tensor imaging; Mild cognitive impairment; Radial and mean diffusivity; Temporal parietal memory network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79451473122     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617710001360     Document Type: Article

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