Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 1 , Pages 15-21 , 15 July 2009

Diffusion tensor changes in patients with amnesic mild cognitive impairment and various dementias

  • Ta-Fu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Chun Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Dr. C.C. Lin is an equal first author.
    • ,
  • Ya-Fang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Chiu is to be contacted at Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan S. Rd., Taipei, 100, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 968 661507; fax: +886 2 23418395. Chen, Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan S. Rd., Taipei, 100, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 23123456x5634; fax: +886 2 23324552.
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  • Hon-Man Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Mau-Sun Hua

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Chien Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Jang Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Neurobiology and Cognitive Science Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Chiu is to be contacted at Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan S. Rd., Taipei, 100, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 968 661507; fax: +886 2 23418395. Chen, Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan S. Rd., Taipei, 100, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 23123456x5634; fax: +886 2 23324552.

Received 15 November 2007 ,Revised 21 June 2008 ,Accepted 9 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.09.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 1 , Pages 15-21 , 15 July 2009

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