Using diffusion tensor imaging and mixed-effects models to investigate primary and secondary white matter degeneration in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 667-682

  O'Dwyer, Laurence ^a   Lamberton, Franck ^b   Bokde, Arun L W ^c   Ewers, Michael ^d   Faluyi, Yetunde O ^e,f   Tanner, Colby ^g   Mazoyer, Bernard ^b,h,i   O'Neill, Des ^g   Bartley, Máiréad ^g   Collins, D Rónán ^g   Coughlan, Tara ^g   Prvulovic, David ^a   Hampel, Harald ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Institute of Neuroscience   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; diffusion tensor imaging; mild cognitive impairment; mixed models; statistical models; tract based spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MIXED EFFECTS MODEL; MYELINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 80055043805     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-110137     Document Type: Article

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