Multiple DTI index analysis in normal aging, amnestic MCI and AD. Relationship with neuropsychological performance

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-74

  Bosch, Beatriz ^a   Arenaza Urquijo, Eider M ^b   Rami, Lorena ^a   Sala Llonch, Roser ^a,b   Junqué, Carme ^b,c   Solé Padullés, Cristina ^a   Peña Gómez, Cleofé ^b   Bargalló, Núria ^a,c   Molinuevo, José Luis ^a   Bartrés Faz, David ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion tensor imaging; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychology; White matter integrity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 81355153373     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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