Resting-state global functional connectivity as a biomarker of cognitive reserve in mild cognitive impairment

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 368-382

  Franzmeier, N ^a   Caballero, M Á Araque ^a   Taylor, A N W ^a   Simon Vermot, L ^a   Buerger, K ^a,b   Ertl Wagner, B ^a   Mueller, C ^a   Catak, C ^a   Janowitz, D ^a   Baykara, E ^a   Gesierich, B ^a   Duering, M ^a   Ewers, M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Biomarker; Cognitive reserve; Global functional connectivity; Mild cognitive impairment; Resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYLOID BETA DEPOSITION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; DISEASE MARKER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; GLOBAL FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; WORD LIST RECALL; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONNECTOME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84990848472     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-016-9599-1     Document Type: Article

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