Functional brain network changes associated with clinical and biochemical measures of the severity of hepatic encephalopathy

NeuroImage

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 332-344

  Jao, Tun ^a,b   Schröter, Manuel ^a   Chen, Chao Long ^c   Cheng, Yu Fan ^c   Lo, Chun Yi Zac ^d   Chou, Kun Hsien ^d   Patel, Ameera X ^a   Lin, Wei Che ^c   Lin, Ching Po ^d   Bullmore, Edward T ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^f CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain networks; Consciousness; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver cirrhosis; Resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AMMONIA; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84941264439     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.07.068     Document Type: Article

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