An Tao Du

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi White matter lesions are associated with cortical atrophy more than entorhinal and hippocampal atrophy
    An-Tao Du
    Magnetic Resonance Unit (114M, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150, Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Neurobiol Aging 26:553-9. 2005
  2. ncbi Different regional patterns of cortical thinning in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia
    An Tao Du
    Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Brain 130:1159-66. 2007
  3. ncbi Hypoperfusion in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer disease by arterial spin labeling MRI
    A T Du
    Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, USA
    Neurology 67:1215-20. 2006
  4. ncbi White matter damage in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease measured by diffusion MRI
    Yu Zhang
    Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Brain 132:2579-92. 2009
  5. ncbi Dissociations in hippocampal and frontal contributions to episodic memory performance
    Joel H Kramer
    Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Neuropsychology 19:799-805. 2005
  6. ncbi Attention, learning, and memory in posttraumatic stress disorder
    Thomas C Neylan
    Mental Health Service, San Francisco DVA Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
    J Trauma Stress 17:41-6. 2004
  7. ncbi Patterns of age-related water diffusion changes in human brain by concordance and discordance analysis
    Yu Zhang
    Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States
    Neurobiol Aging 31:1991-2001. 2010
  8. ncbi Hippocampal volume and retention in Alzheimer's disease
    Joel H Kramer
    Department of Neurology, University of California at San Francisco, 94143, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 10:639-43. 2004
  9. ncbi Patterns of structural complexity in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia
    Karl Young
    Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, and VA Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Hum Brain Mapp 30:1667-77. 2009
  10. ncbi Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging differences between Alzheimer disease with and without subcortical lacunes
    Yuan-Yu Hsu
    Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Magnetic Resonance Unit, San Francisco, California, USA
    Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 16:58-64. 2002

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi White matter lesions are associated with cortical atrophy more than entorhinal and hippocampal atrophy
    An-Tao Du
    Magnetic Resonance Unit (114M, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150, Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Neurobiol Aging 26:553-9. 2005
    ..Further, AD pathology and subcortical vascular disease may independently affect cortical atrophy...
  2. ncbi Different regional patterns of cortical thinning in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia
    An Tao Du
    Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Brain 130:1159-66. 2007
    ..In conclusion, the characteristic patterns of cortical thinning in Alzheimer's disease and FTD suggest that cortical thickness may be a useful surrogate marker for these types of dementia...
  3. ncbi Hypoperfusion in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer disease by arterial spin labeling MRI
    A T Du
    Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, USA
    Neurology 67:1215-20. 2006
    ....
  4. ncbi White matter damage in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease measured by diffusion MRI
    Yu Zhang
    Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Brain 132:2579-92. 2009
    ..Taken together, the results suggest that white matter degradation measured with DTI may improve the diagnostic differentiation between FTD and Alzheimer's disease...
  5. ncbi Dissociations in hippocampal and frontal contributions to episodic memory performance
    Joel H Kramer
    Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Neuropsychology 19:799-805. 2005
    ....
  6. ncbi Attention, learning, and memory in posttraumatic stress disorder
    Thomas C Neylan
    Mental Health Service, San Francisco DVA Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
    J Trauma Stress 17:41-6. 2004
    ..In this study, reduced hippocampal NAA did not appear to be associated with impaired declarative memory...
  7. ncbi Patterns of age-related water diffusion changes in human brain by concordance and discordance analysis
    Yu Zhang
    Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, United States
    Neurobiol Aging 31:1991-2001. 2010
    ..In conclusion, concordant/discordant changes of DTI indices provide additional characterization of white matter alterations that accompany normal aging...
  8. ncbi Hippocampal volume and retention in Alzheimer's disease
    Joel H Kramer
    Department of Neurology, University of California at San Francisco, 94143, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 10:639-43. 2004
    ..Results suggest that the role of the hippocampus is relatively specific to the consolidation of new memories...
  9. ncbi Patterns of structural complexity in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia
    Karl Young
    Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, and VA Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Hum Brain Mapp 30:1667-77. 2009
    ....
  10. ncbi Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging differences between Alzheimer disease with and without subcortical lacunes
    Yuan-Yu Hsu
    Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Magnetic Resonance Unit, San Francisco, California, USA
    Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 16:58-64. 2002
    ..In conclusion, the presence of subcortical lacunes in those with AD is associated with more WM lesions and ventriculomegaly but not with cortical atrophy...
  11. ncbi Comparisons between global and focal brain atrophy rates in normal aging and Alzheimer disease: Boundary Shift Integral versus tracing of the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus
    Frank Ezekiel
    Magnetic Resonance Unit, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
    Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 18:196-201. 2004
    ..Logistic regression analysis revealed that combined rates of ERC and ventricular BSI were the best explanatory variables for classifying AD from controls...
  12. ncbi Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging reconstruction with deformable shape-intensity models
    Xiao-Ping Zhu
    Magnetic Resonance Unit, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
    Magn Reson Med 50:474-82. 2003
    ..1-fold with DSM without distorting spectral resolution, thus maintaining all spectral features of the raw, unfiltered data. In conclusion, DSM should be used to achieve high SNR in reconstructing MRSI data...
  13. ncbi Age effects on atrophy rates of entorhinal cortex and hippocampus
    An-Tao Du
    Magnetic Resonance Unit (114M, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150, Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Neurobiol Aging 27:733-40. 2006
    ..In conclusion, age and presence of lacunes should be taken into consideration in imaging studies of CN subjects and AD patients to predict AD progression and assess the response to treatment trials...
  14. ncbi Comparison of automated and manual MRI volumetry of hippocampus in normal aging and dementia
    Yuan-Yu Hsu
    Department of Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    J Magn Reson Imaging 16:305-10. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: Because the automatic calculations were faster and less susceptible to rater bias than manual tracing, this automated method is expected to be very useful for analyzing hippocampal changes in studies of aging and dementia...
  15. ncbi A non-parametric approach for co-analysis of multi-modal brain imaging data: application to Alzheimer's disease
    Satoru Hayasaka
    Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA
    Neuroimage 30:768-79. 2006
    ..In conclusion, these results demonstrate the utility of this new non-parametric method to quantitatively assess the relationships between multiple modalities...