Regional differences in white matter breakdown between frontotemporal dementia and early-onset Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 261-269

  Lu, Po H ^a   Lee, Grace J ^b   Shapira, Jill ^a,c   Jimenez, Elvira ^a,c   Mather, Michelle J ^c   Thompson, Paul M ^a   Bartzokis, George ^a,b   Mendez, Mario F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; behavioral variant; diffusion tensor imaging; early onset; frontotemporal dementia; magnetic resonance imaging; myelin; white matter

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCALE FOR EMOTIONAL BLUNTING SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; BEHAVIORAL VARIANT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EARLY ONSET; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELIN; WHITE MATTER;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84893949970     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-131481     Document Type: Article

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