Decreased gray matter diffusivity: A potential early Alzheimer's disease biomarker?

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-97

  Jacobs, Heidi I L ^a,b   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a,b   Gronenschild, Ed H B M ^a,b   Uylings, Harry B M ^a,b,c   Jolles, Jelle ^a,b,d   Verhey, Frans R J ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b European Graduate School of Neuroscience   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Biomarker; Memory; MRI; Posterior cingulate gyrus; Precuneus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; THICKNESS; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84872117540     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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