Impaired functional connectivity of the thalamus in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: A resting-state fMRI study

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 754-766

  Zhou, Bo ^a   Liu, Yong ^b   Zhang, Zengqiang ^a   An, Ningyu ^a   Yao, Hongxiang ^a   Wang, Pan ^a   Wang, Luning ^a   Zhang, Xi ^a   Jiang, Tianzi ^b,c,d  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Mild cognitive impairment; Resting state; Thalamic connectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; THALAMUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST; THALAMUS;

EID: 84888244733     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: 18755828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/15672050113109990146     Document Type: Article

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