Brain network connectivity assessed using graph theory in frontotemporal dementia

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-143

  Agosta, Federica ^a   Sala, Sara ^a,d   Valsasina, Paola ^a   Meani, Alessandro ^a   Canu, Elisa ^a   Magnani, Giuseppe ^b   Cappa, Stefano F ^b   Scola, Elisa ^c   Quatto, Piero ^d   Horsfield, Mark A ^e   Falini, Andrea ^c   Comi, Giancarlo ^b   Filippi, Massimo ^a,b  

^a Neuroimaging Research Unit   (Italy)

^b Institute of Experimental Neurology   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84881290421     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31829a33f8     Document Type: Article

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