Functional degeneration in dorsal and ventral attention systems in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: An fMRI study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 585, Issue , 2015, Pages 160-165

  Zhang, Zhaoyan ^a   Zheng, Hong ^a   Liang, Kun ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Kong, Sumei ^a   Hu, Jinna ^a   Wu, Fang ^a   Sun, Gang ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Amnestic mild cognitive impairment; Disease; Dorsal attention network; Ventral attention network

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL ATTENTION NETWORK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORIENTING RESPONSE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL ATTENTION NETWORK; WHITE MATTER; AGED; AMNESIA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84918770977     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.11.050     Document Type: Article

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