Possible retrogenesis observed with fiber tracking: An anteroposterior pattern of white matter disintegrity in normal aging and alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-58

  Gao, Junling ^a   Cheung, Raymond Tak Fai ^a   Lee, Tatia M C ^b,c   Chu, Leung Wing ^a,b   Chan, Ying Shing ^a   Mak, Henry Ka Fung ^a,b   Zhang, John X ^d   Qiu, Deqiang ^a,e   Fung, Germaine ^a   Cheung, Charlton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c People's Republic of China   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; diffusion tensor imaging; fiber tracking; retrogenesis; white matter integrity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CLAUSTRUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGENESIS; THALAMUS; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 80052840455     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-101788     Document Type: Article

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