Correlation between cognitive function and the association fibers in patients with Alzheimer's disease using diffusion tensor imaging

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1659-1663

  Meng, Jing Zhi ^a   Guo, Li Wei ^a   Cheng, Hong ^a   Chen, Yun Jie ^b   Fang, Lin ^b   Qi, Ming ^a   Jia, Zhen Yu ^a   Mohammed, Wasif ^a   Hong, Xun Ning ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Association fibers; Cognitive function; Diffusion tensor imaging; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION FIBER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; WHITE MATTER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84868304450     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.12.031     Document Type: Article

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