Corpus callosum shape changes in early Alzheimer's disease: An MRI study using the OASIS brain database

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 343-352

  Ardekani, Babak A ^a,b   Bachman, Alvin H ^a   Figarsky, Khadija ^a   Sidtis, John J ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain; Corpus callosum; Magnetic resonance imaging; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM SHAPE; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84892368781     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0503-0     Document Type: Article

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