Quantitative magnetization transfer provides information complementary to grey matter atrophy in Alzheimer's disease brains

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1114-1122

  Giulietti, Giovanni ^a   Bozzali, Marco ^a   Figura, Viviana ^a   Spanò, Barbara ^a   Perri, Roberta ^a   Marra, Camillo ^b   Lacidogna, Giordano ^b   Giubilei, Franco ^c   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,d   Cercignani, Mara ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; BPM; Magnetization transfer; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Neurodegeneration; Two pool model

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83055186666     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.09.043     Document Type: Article

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