Structural connectivity is differently altered in dementia with Lewy body and Alzheimer's disease

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Delli Pizzi, Stefano ^a   Franciotti, Raffaella ^a   Taylor, John Paul ^b   Esposito, Roberto ^a   Tartaro, Armando ^a   Thomas, Astrid ^a   Onofrj, Marco ^a   Bonanni, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PRECUNEUS; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

EID: 84949772073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00208     Document Type: Article

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