Structural and functional cortical disconnection in Alzheimer's disease: A combined study using diffusion tensor imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 192-200

  Wegrzyn, Martin ^a   Teipel, Stefan J ^a,b   Oltmann, Imke ^b   Bauer, Alexandra ^b   Thome, Johannes ^b   Großmann, Annette ^b   Hauenstein, Karlheinz ^b   Höppner, Jacqueline ^b  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Dementia; DTI; MRI; TMS

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84878128829     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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