Abnormalities of the fornix in mild cognitive impairment are related to episodic memory loss

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 629-639

  Zhuang, Lin ^a   Wen, Wei ^a,b   Trollor, Julian N ^a   Kochan, Nicole A ^a,b   Reppermund, Simone ^a   Brodaty, Henry ^a,c   Sachdev, Perminder ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amnestic mild cognitive impairment; diffusion tensor tractography; fornix; hippocampus; non amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 84859397285     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-111766     Document Type: Article

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