Fully automated MRI-based analysis of the locus coeruleus in aging and Alzheimer's disease dementia using ELSI-Net.

Journal: Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The locus coeruleus (LC) is linked to the development and pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Magnetic resonance imaging-based LC features have shown potential to assess LC integrity in vivo.

Authors

  • Max Dünnwald
    Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU), Magdeburg, Germany. max.duennwald@med.ovgu.de.
  • Friedrich Krohn
    Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research OvGU Magdeburg Germany.
  • Alessandro Sciarra
    Department of Neurology Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OvGU) Magdeburg Germany.
  • Mousumi Sarkar
    Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research OvGU Magdeburg Germany.
  • Anja Schneider
    Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Goettingen, Germany.
  • Klaus Fliessbach
    Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Bonn, Germany.
  • Okka Kimmich
  • Frank Jessen
    Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Germany.
  • Ayda Rostamzadeh
  • Wenzel Glanz
  • Enise I Incesoy
  • Stefan Teipel
    Departments of Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Rostock, and German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock, Germany.
  • Ingo Kilimann
  • Doreen Goerss
  • Annika Spottke
  • Johanna Brustkern
    German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn Bonn Germany.
  • Michael T Heneka
  • Frederic Brosseron
  • Falk Lüsebrink
    German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Magdeburg Germany.
  • Dorothea Hämmerer
    Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research OvGU Magdeburg Germany.
  • Emrah Düzel
    German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.
  • Klaus Tönnies
  • Steffen Oeltze-Jafra
    Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Matthew J Betts
    German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.

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