Brain connectivity in neurodegenerative diseases - From phenotype to proteinopathy

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 620-633

  Pievani, Michela ^a   Filippini, Nicola ^b   Van Den Heuvel, Martijn P ^c   Cappa, Stefano F ^d   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^e  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTOME; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; BRAIN; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS;

EID: 84908556126     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.178     Document Type: Review

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