Network topology and functional connectivity disturbances precede the onset of Huntington's disease

Brain

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2332-2346

  Harrington, Deborah L ^a,b   Rubinov, Mikail ^c,d   Durgerian, Sally ^e   Mourany, Lyla ^f   Reece, Christine ^f   Koenig, Katherine ^f   Bullmore, Ed ^c   Long, Jeffrey D ^g   Paulsen, Jane S ^g   Rao, Stephen M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CHURCHILL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

graph theory; Huntington disease; network based statistic; network topology; resting state connectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE COURSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROOP TEST; THALAMUS; THEORY; TRAIL MAKING TEST; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84940061600     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv145     Document Type: Article

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