Demyelination of superficial white matter in early Alzheimer's disease: A magnetization transfer imaging study

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 428.e7-428.e19

  Fornari, Eleonora ^a   Maeder, Philippe ^a   Meuli, Reto ^a   Ghika, Joseph ^a   Knyazeva, Maria G ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Demyelination; Magnetization transfer imaging; U fibers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUNEUS; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 82755189780     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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