566-01-015 ISMRM Abstract

Patterns of altered DTI metrics in arousal pathways and their association to sleep-wake activity in Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Primary: Neuro - Dementia

Secondary: Diffusion - DWI/DTI/DKI

566-01-015 · Detectable Changes in Dementia · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row G

Keywords: Structural Connectivity Diffusion Tensor Imaging Sleep Dementia with Lewy Bodies

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Giovanni Sighinolfi ¹, Elettra Capogna¹, Davide Braghittoni¹, Lorenzo Motta¹, Lucia Guidi¹, David Neil Manners^1,2, Luisa Sambati³, Chiara La Morgia^3,4, Annalena Venneri⁵, Raffaele Lodi^1,4, Micaela Mitolo^1,5, Caterina Tonon^1,4

¹Programma Neuroimmagini Funzionali e Molecolari, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

²Department for Life Quality Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

³IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

⁴Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

⁵Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Presenting Author: Giovanni Sighinolfi

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