Author(s): Belasso CJ; Cai Z; Bezgin G; Pascoal T; Stevenson J; Rahmouni N; Tissot C; Lussier F; Rosa-Neto P; Soucy JP; Rivaz H; Benali H;

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis in its early stages remains difficult with current diagnostic approaches. Though tau neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) generally follow the stereotypical pattern described by the Braak staging scheme, the network degeneration hypothesis (NDH) has su ...

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Population-averaged brain atlases, that are represented in a standard space with anatomical labels, are instrumental tools in neurosurgical planning and the study of neurodegenerative conditions. Traditional brain atlases are primarily derived from anatomical scans and contain limited information regarding the axonal organization of the white matter. With ...

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Author(s): Madge V; Fonov VS; Xiao Y; Zou L; Jackson C; Postuma RB; Dagher A; Fon EA; Collins DL;

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder affecting regions such as the substantia nigra (SN), red nucleus (RN) and locus coeruleus (LC). Processing MRI data from patients with PD requires anatomical structural references for spatial normalization and structural segmentation. Extending our previous work, we present multi-contras ...

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