Multiple microbleeds are related to cerebral network disruptions in patients with early Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 211-221

  Heringa, Sophie M ^a   Reijmer, Yael D ^a   Leemans, Alexander ^b   Koek, Huiberdina L ^a   Kappelle, L Jaap ^a   Biessels, Geert Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cerebral amyloid angiopathy; cerebral small vessel disease; cognition; diffusion tensor imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; microbleeds; mild cognitive impairment; network

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN NETWORK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHITE MATTER;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASE; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROBLEEDS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NETWORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84887259294     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-130542     Document Type: Article

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