Diffusion tensor imaging of white matter degeneration in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

IK Amlien, AM Fjell - Neuroscience, 2014 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) has traditionally been regarded as a disease of the gray matter
(GM). However, the advent of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has contributed to new …

Diffusion tensor imaging in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

GT Stebbins, CM Murphy - Behavioural neurology, 2009 - content.iospress.com
Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of Alzheimer's disease and mild
cognitive impairment (MCI) have focused on the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex; gray …

Neuropathologic correlates of white matter hyperintensities

VG Young, GM Halliday, JJ Kril - Neurology, 2008 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are commonly seen on neuroimaging scans,
but their underlying histopathologic substrate is unclear. The aim of this work was to …

White matter pathology isolates the hippocampal formation in Alzheimer's disease

DH Salat, DS Tuch, AJW Van der Kouwe, DN Greve… - Neurobiology of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Prior work has demonstrated that the memory dysfunction of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is
accompanied by marked cortical pathology in medial temporal lobe (MTL) gray matter. In …

Focal demyelination in Alzheimer's disease and transgenic mouse models

S Mitew, MTK Kirkcaldie, GM Halliday… - Acta …, 2010 - Springer
We have investigated alterations in myelin associated with Aβ plaques, a major pathological
hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), in human tissue and relevant transgenic mice models …

Novel white matter tract integrity metrics sensitive to Alzheimer disease progression

E Fieremans, A Benitez, JH Jensen… - American Journal …, 2013 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Along with cortical abnormalities, white matter
microstructural changes such as axonal loss and myelin breakdown are implicated in the …

DNA damage in the oligodendrocyte lineage and its role in brain aging

KH Tse, K Herrup - Mechanisms of ageing and development, 2017 - Elsevier
Myelination is a recent evolutionary addition that significantly enhances the speed of
transmission in the neural network. Even slight defects in myelin integrity impair …

White matter integrity in mild cognitive impairment: a tract-based spatial statistics study

L Zhuang, W Wen, W Zhu, J Trollor, N Kochan… - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as a clinical diagnosis has limited specificity, and identifying
imaging biomarkers may improve its predictive validity as a pre-dementia syndrome. This …

Age‐Associated White Matter Lesions: The MRC C ognitive F unction and A geing S tudy

SB Wharton, JE Simpson, C Brayne, PG Ince - Brain pathology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cerebral white matter lesions (WML) are common in the aging brain and are associated with
dementia and depression. They are associated with vascular risk factors and small vessel …

Tract-based analysis of white matter degeneration in Alzheimer's disease

SH Lee, JP Coutu, P Wilkens, A Yendiki, HD Rosas… - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
Although much prior work has focused on the known cortical pathology that defines
Alzheimer's disease (AD) histologically, recent work has additionally demonstrated …