Apolipoprotein E ε4 modulates functional brain connectome in Alzheimer's disease

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1828-1846

  Wang, Jinhui ^a,b,c   Wang, Xiao ^d   He, Yi ^d   Yu, Xin ^d   Wang, Huali ^d   He, Yong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Connectomics; Default mode; Functional connectivity; Graph theory; Module; Resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DISEASE DURATION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY ASSESSMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST;

EID: 84927689868     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22740     Document Type: Article

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