White matter changes in preclinical Alzheimer's disease: A magnetic resonance imaging-diffusion tensor imaging study on cognitively normal older people with positive amyloid β protein 42 levels

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2671-2680

  Molinuevo, José Luis ^a,b   Ripolles, Pablo ^c,d   Simó, Marta ^c   Lladó, Albert ^a,b   Olives, Jaume ^a,b   Balasa, Mircea ^a,b   Antonell, Anna ^a,b   Rodriguez Fornells, Antoni ^c,d,e   Rami, Lorena ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cognition; Diagnosis; Diffusion tensor imaging; Preclinical phases

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN (1-42); PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTO OCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84910007752     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.05.027     Document Type: Article

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