Structural network efficiency is associated with cognitive impairment in small-vessel disease

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 304-311

  Lawrence, Andrew J ^a   Chung, Ai Wern ^a   Morris, Robin G ^b   Markus, Hugh S ^c   Barrick, Thomas R ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905818243     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000612     Document Type: Article

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