White matter changes in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease: A tractography-based study

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1095-1100

  Kiuchi, Kuniaki ^a   Morikawa, Masayuki ^a,b   Taoka, Toshiaki ^a   Kitamura, Soichiro ^a   Nagashima, Tomohisa ^a   Makinodan, Manabu ^a,c   Nakagawa, Keiju ^a   Fukusumi, Masami ^a,d   Ikeshita, Katsumi ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^a   Kichikawa, Kimihiko ^a   Kishimoto, Toshifumi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sakai City Mental Health Center   (Japan)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Diffusion tensor imaging; Tract based method; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; INFERIOR OCCIPITOFRONTAL FASCICULUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACTOGRAPHY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 79960574760     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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