scholarly journals Radial Coherence of Diffusion Tractography in the Cerebral White Matter of the Human Fetus: Neuroanatomic Insights

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Xu ◽  
E. Takahashi ◽  
R. D. Folkerth ◽  
R. L. Haynes ◽  
J. J. Volpe ◽  
...  
2005 ◽  
Vol 484 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin L. Haynes ◽  
Natalia S. Borenstein ◽  
Tara M. Desilva ◽  
Rebecca D. Folkerth ◽  
Lena G. Liu ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 497 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saraid S. Billiards ◽  
Robin L. Haynes ◽  
Rebecca D. Folkerth ◽  
Felicia L. Trachtenberg ◽  
Lena G. Liu ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy D. Vannorsdall ◽  
Vani Rao ◽  
David J. Schretlen

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (14) ◽  
pp. 1354-1360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping-Song Chou ◽  
Yi-Hui Kao ◽  
Meng-Ni Wu ◽  
Mei-Chuan Chou ◽  
Chun-Hung Chen ◽  
...  

Background: Cerebrovascular pathologies and hypertension could play a vital role in Alzheimer disease (AD) progression. However, whether cerebrovascular pathologies and hypertension accelerate the AD progression through an independent or interaction effect is unknown. Objective: To investigate the effect of the interactions of cerebrovascular pathologies and hypertension on AD progression. Method: A retrospective longitudinal study was conducted to compare AD courses in patients with different severities of cerebral White Matter Changes (WMCs) in relation to hypertension. Annual comprehensive psychometrics were performed. WMCs were rated using a rating scale for Age-related WMCs (ARWMC). Results: In total, 278 patients with sporadic AD were enrolled in this study. The mean age of the patients was 76.6 ± 7.4 years, and 166 patients had hypertension. Among AD patients with hypertension, those with deterioration in clinical dementia rating-sum of box (CDR-SB) and CDR had significantly severe baseline ARWMC scales in total (CDR-SB: 5.8 vs. 3.6, adjusted P = 0.04; CDR: 6.4 vs. 4.4, adjusted P = 0.04) and frontal area (CDR-SB: 2.4 vs. 1.2, adjusted P = 0.01; CDR: 2.4 vs. 1.7, adjusted P < 0.01) compared with those with no deterioration in psychometrics after adjustment for confounders. By contrast, among AD patients without hypertension, no significant differences in ARWMC scales were observed between patients with and without deterioration. Conclusion: The effect of cerebrovascular pathologies on AD progression between those with and without hypertension might differ. An interaction but not independent effect of hypertension and WMCs on the progression of AD is possible.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Sara Kierońska ◽  
Milena Świtońska ◽  
Grzegorz Meder ◽  
Magdalena Piotrowska ◽  
Paweł Sokal

Fiber tractography based on diffuse tensor imaging (DTI) can reveal three-dimensional white matter connectivity of the human brain. Tractography is a non-invasive method of visualizing cerebral white matter structures in vivo, including neural pathways surrounding the ischemic area. DTI may be useful for elucidating alterations in brain connectivity resulting from neuroplasticity after stroke. We present a case of a male patient who developed significant mixed aphasia following ischemic stroke. The patient had been treated by mechanical thrombectomy followed by an early rehabilitation, in conjunction with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). DTI was used to examine the arcuate fasciculus and uncinate fasciculus upon admission and again at three months post-stroke. Results showed an improvement in the patient’s symptoms of aphasia, which was associated with changes in the volume and numbers of tracts in the uncinate fasciculus and the arcuate fasciculus.


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