Cortical Brain Connectivity Evaluated by Graph Theory in Dementia: A Correlation Study between Functional and Structural Data

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 745-756

  Vecchio, Fabrizio ^a   Miraglia, Francesca ^a   Curcio, Giuseppe ^b   Altavilla, Riccardo ^c   Scrascia, Federica ^c   Giambattistelli, Federica ^c   Quattrocchi, Carlo Cosimo ^c   Bramanti, Placido ^d   Vernieri, Fabrizio ^c   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^a,e  

^a IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; delta and alpha bands; diffusion tensor imaging; EEG; functional connectivity; graph theory; mild cognitive impairment; sLORETA eLORETA

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; GRAPH THEORY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOW RESOLUTION BRAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGIST; NEUROSCIENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCALP; THEORY; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE NET; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84925779806     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-142484     Document Type: Article

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