Retained executive abilities in mild cognitive impairment are associated with increased white matter network connectivity

European Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 340-347

  Farrar, Danielle C ^a   Mian, Asim Z ^a   Budson, Andrew E ^b   Moss, Mark B ^a   Koo, Bang Bon ^a   Killiany, Ronald J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Dementia; Diffusion tensor imaging; Neuroanatomy; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FACTUAL DATABASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 85022181374     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-017-4951-4     Document Type: Article

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