Multiple diffusivities define white matter degeneration in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 423-437

  Wang, Pei Ning ^a,b   Chou, Kun Hsien ^a   Lirng, Jiing Feng ^a,b   Lin, Ker Neng ^a,c   Chen, Wei Ta ^a,b   Lin, Ching Po ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; diffusion tensor imaging; grey matter; mild cognitive impairment; MRI; white matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER DEGENERATION; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

EID: 84861560165     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-111304     Document Type: Article

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