Diffusion tensor imaging of the hippocampus in MCI and early Alzheimers Disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 257-262

  Fellgiebel, Andreas ^a   Yakushev, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrophy; biomarker; dementia; diffusivity; DTI; longitudinal axis; memory; microstructural; mild cognitive impairment; multi modal

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80055048193     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-0001     Document Type: Article

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