APOE in the bullseye of neurodegenerative diseases: impact of the APOE genotype in Alzheimer's disease pathology and brain diseases

R Fernández-Calle, SC Konings… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
ApoE is the major lipid and cholesterol carrier in the CNS. There are three major human
polymorphisms, apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4, and the genetic expression of APOE4 is one of …

MRtrix3: A fast, flexible and open software framework for medical image processing and visualisation

JD Tournier, R Smith, D Raffelt, R Tabbara… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
MRtrix3 is an open-source, cross-platform software package for medical image processing,
analysis and visualisation, with a particular emphasis on the investigation of the brain using …

The human connectome in Alzheimer disease—relationship to biomarkers and genetics

M Yu, O Sporns, AJ Saykin - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
The pathology of Alzheimer disease (AD) damages structural and functional brain networks,
resulting in cognitive impairment. The results of recent connectomics studies have now …

[HTML][HTML] Fixel-based analysis of diffusion MRI: methods, applications, challenges and opportunities

T Dhollander, A Clemente, M Singh, F Boonstra… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI has provided the neuroimaging community with a powerful tool to acquire in-
vivo data sensitive to microstructural features of white matter, up to 3 orders of magnitude …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative mapping of the brain's structural connectivity using diffusion MRI tractography: A review

F Zhang, A Daducci, Y He, S Schiavi, C Seguin… - Neuroimage, 2022 - Elsevier
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) tractography is an advanced imaging
technique that enables in vivo reconstruction of the brain's white matter connections at …

Abnormal white matter changes in Alzheimer's disease based on diffusion tensor imaging: A systematic review

Y Chen, Y Wang, Z Song, Y Fan, T Gao… - Ageing Research Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a degenerative neurological disease in elderly individuals.
Subjective cognitive decline (SCD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and further …

Mapping structural connectivity using diffusion MRI: challenges and opportunities

CH Yeh, DK Jones, X Liang… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion MRI‐based tractography is the most commonly‐used technique when inferring the
structural brain connectome, ie, the comprehensive map of the connections in the brain. The …

[HTML][HTML] TractoFlow: A robust, efficient and reproducible diffusion MRI pipeline leveraging Nextflow & Singularity

G Theaud, JC Houde, A Boré, F Rheault, F Morency… - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI tractography processing pipeline requires a large number of steps (typically
20+ steps). If parameters of these steps, number of threads, and random seed generators …

Fifteen years of the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) study: progress and observations from 2,359 older adults spanning the spectrum from …

C Fowler, SR Rainey-Smith, S Bird… - Journal of …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
Background: The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study commenced in
2006 as a prospective study of 1,112 individuals (768 cognitively normal (CN), 133 with mild …

White matter diffusion alterations precede symptom onset in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease

MÁ Araque Caballero, M Suárez-Calvet, M Duering… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
White matter alterations are present in the majority of patients with Alzheimer's disease type
dementia. However, the spatiotemporal pattern of white matter changes preceding dementia …