Early brain loss in circuits affected by Alzheimer's disease is predicted by fornix microstructure but may be independent of gray matter

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Fletcher, Evan ^a   Carmichael, Owen ^a,b   Pasternak, Ofer ^c   Maier Hein, Klaus H ^d   DeCarli, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Fornix diffusivity; Limbic circuit; Longitudinal brain change; Normal cognition

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PARIETAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84987681483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00106     Document Type: Article

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