Specific Patterns of White Matter Alterations Help Distinguishing Alzheimer's and Vascular Dementia

Specific Patterns of White Matter Alterations Help Distinguishing Alzheimer's and Vascular Dementia

Alzheimer disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) together represent the majority of dementia cases. Since their neuropsychological profiles often overlap and white matter lesions are observed in elderly subjects including AD, differentiating between VaD and AD can be difficult. Characterization of...

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Main Authors: Fulvia Palesi, Andrea De Rinaldis, Paolo Vitali, Gloria Castellazzi, Letizia Casiraghi, Giancarlo Germani, Sara Bernini, Nicoletta Anzalone, Matteo Cotta Ramusino, Federica M. Denaro, Elena Sinforiani, Alfredo Costa, Giovanni Magenes, Egidio D'Angelo, Claudia A. M. Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, Giuseppe Micieli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
Alzheimer's disease
vascular dementia
DTI
splenium of corpus callosum
genu of corpus callosum
parahippocampal gyri
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2018.00274/full

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