Graph theoretic analysis of structural connectivity across the spectrum of Alzheimer's disease: The importance of graph creation methods

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 377-390

  Phillips, David J ^a   McGlaughlin, Alec ^a,c   Ruth, David ^a   Jager, Leah R ^b   Soldan, Anja ^b  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Connectomics; Cortical thickness networks; Graph theory; Mild cognitive impairment; MRI; Structural

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; CONNECTOME; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84921526452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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