Structural brain changes in aging: courses, causes and cognitive consequences

AM Fjell, KB Walhovd - Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2010 - degruyter.com
The structure of the brain is constantly changing from birth throughout the lifetime, meaning
that normal aging, free from dementia, is associated with structural brain changes. This …

Dissociating normal aging from Alzheimer's disease: A view from cognitive neuroscience

M Toepper - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Both normal aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are associated with changes in cognition,
grey and white matter volume, white matter integrity, neural activation, functional …

Life-span changes of the human brain white matter: diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and volumetry

LT Westlye, KB Walhovd, AM Dale, A Bjørnerud… - Cerebral …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Magnetic resonance imaging volumetry studies report inverted U-patterns with increasing
white-matter (WM) volume into middle age suggesting protracted WM maturation compared …

Nucleus basalis of Meynert degeneration precedes and predicts cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease

J Schulz, G Pagano, JA Fernández Bonfante, H Wilson… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Currently, no reliable predictors of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease exist. We
hypothesized that microstructural changes at grey matter T1-weighted MRI and diffusion …

DTI measures in crossing-fibre areas: increased diffusion anisotropy reveals early white matter alteration in MCI and mild Alzheimer's disease

G Douaud, S Jbabdi, TEJ Behrens, RA Menke, A Gass… - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
Though mild cognitive impairment is an intermediate clinical state between healthy aging
and Alzheimer's disease (AD), there are very few whole-brain voxel-wise diffusion MRI …

[HTML][HTML] Age-related changes in grey and white matter structure throughout adulthood

A Giorgio, L Santelli, V Tomassini, R Bosnell, S Smith… - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
Normal ageing is associated with gradual brain atrophy. Determining spatial and temporal
patterns of change can help shed light on underlying mechanisms. Neuroimaging provides …

Decreased brain stiffness in Alzheimer's disease determined by magnetic resonance elastography

MC Murphy, J Huston III, CR Jack Jr… - Journal of magnetic …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To test patient acceptance and reproducibility of the 3D magnetic resonance
elastography (MRE) brain exam using a soft vibration source, and to determine if MRE could …

A meta-analysis of diffusion tensor imaging in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

CE Sexton, UG Kalu, N Filippini, CE Mackay… - Neurobiology of …, 2011 - Elsevier
We reviewed case-control studies of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in patients with
Alzheimer's dementia (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), in order to establish the …

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 …

White matter damage in Alzheimer disease and its relationship to gray matter atrophy

F Agosta, M Pievani, S Sala, C Geroldi, S Galluzzi… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To explore the regional patterns of white matter (WM) tract damage in (a) patients
with probable Alzheimer disease (AD) and (b) patients with amnestic mild cognitive …