Motor cortex and gait in mild cognitive impairment: A magnetic resonance spectroscopy and volumetric imaging study

Brain

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 859-871

  Annweiler, Cédric ^a,b,c,d,e   Beauchet, Olivier ^d,e   Bartha, Robert ^c   Wells, Jennie L ^a   Borrie, Michael J ^a   Hachinski, Vladimir ^b   Montero Odasso, Manuel ^a,b  

^a PARKWOOD HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

gait; magnetic resonance imaging; mild cognitive impairment; primary motor cortex; proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy; volumetry

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VOLUMETRY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84874876331     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws373     Document Type: Article

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