White matter tract integrity metrics reflect the vulnerability of late-myelinating tracts in Alzheimer's disease☆
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Abbreviations
AD
Alzheimer's disease
aMCI
amnestic mild cognitive impairment
AWF
axonal water fraction
CP
cerebral peduncle
Daxon
intrinsic axonal diffusivity
De,∥
axial extra-axonal diffusivity
De,⊥
radial extra-axonal diffusivity
DKI
diffusional kurtosis imaging
DTI
diffusion tensor imaging
FA
fractional anisotropy
ILF
inferior longitudinal fasciculus
NC
normal control
PLIC
posterior limb of the internal capsule
SLF
superior longitudinal fasciculus
WM
white matter
WMTI
white matter tract integrity
Keywords
White matter
Diffusional kurtosis imaging
Diffusion MRI
Verbal fluency
Alzheimer's disease
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