Microstructural changes in the hippocampus and posterior cingulate in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1215-1221

  Hong, Yun Jeong ^a   Yoon, Bora ^b   Lim, Sung Chul ^c   Shim, Yong S ^c   Kim, Jee Young ^c   Ahn, Kook Jin ^c   Han, Il Woo ^a   Yang, Dong Won ^c  

^a Yong in Hyoja Geriatric Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Konyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion tensor imaging; Hippocampus; Mild cognitive impairment; Posterior cingulate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84880919759     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1225-4     Document Type: Article

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