Open AccessUsing Fractional Anisotropy Imaging to Detect Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease among Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites: A HABLE Study
Author(s) -
James Hall,
Leigh Johnson,
Fan Zhang,
Melissa Petersen,
Arthur W. Toga,
Yonggang Shi,
David C. Mason,
Robert A. Rissman,
Kristine Yaffe,
Sid O’Bryant,
Hable Study
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1421-9824
pISSN - 1420-8008
DOI - 10.1159/000518102
Subject(s) - fractional anisotropy , dementia , diffusion mri , alzheimer's disease , psychology , gerontology , cohort , disease , mexican americans , cognitive impairment , medicine , clinical psychology , cognition , psychiatry , ethnic group , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , sociology , anthropology
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequently occurring neurodegenerative disease; however, little work has been conducted examining biomarkers of AD among Mexican Americans. Here, we examined diffusion tensor MRI marker profiles for detecting mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia in a multi-ethnic cohort.