Microstructural white matter changes, not hippocampal atrophy, detect early amnestic mild cognitive impairment.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is generally considered to be characterized by pathology in gray matter of the brain, but convergent evidence suggests that white matter degradation also plays a vital role in its pathogenesis. The evolution of white matter deterioration and its relationship with gray m...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lin Zhuang, Perminder S Sachdev, Julian N Trollor, Simone Reppermund, Nicole A Kochan, Henry Brodaty, Wei Wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3597581?pdf=render