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    Identifying brain functional connectivity alterations during different stages of Alzheimer’s disease

    , Article International Journal of Neuroscience ; Volume 132, Issue 10 , 2022 , Pages 1005-1013 ; 00207454 (ISSN) Ahmadi, H ; Fatemizadeh, E ; Motie Nasrabadi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Taylor and Francis Ltd  2022
    Abstract
    Purpose: Alzheimer's disease (AD) starts years before its signs and symptoms including the dementia become apparent. Diagnosis of the AD in the early stages is important to reduce the speed of brain decline. Aim of the study: Identifying the alterations in the functional connectivity of the brain during the disease stages is among the main important issues in this regard. Therefore, in this study, the changes in the functional connectivity during the AD stages were analyzed. Materials and methods: By employing the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data and graph theory, weighted undirected graphs of the whole-brain and default mode network (DMN) network were investigated... 

    Multiclass classification of patients during different stages of Alzheimer's disease using fMRI time-series

    , Article Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express ; Volume 6, Issue 5 , 2020 Ahmadi, H ; Fatemizadeh, E ; Motie Nasrabadi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    IOP Publishing Ltd  2020
    Abstract
    Alzheimer's Disease (AD) begins several years before the symptoms develop. It starts with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) which can be separated into Early MCI and Late MCI (EMCI and LMCI). Functional connectivity analysis and classification are done among the different stages of illness with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). In this study, in addition to the four stages including healthy, EMCI, LMCI, and AD, the patients have been tracked for a year. Indeed, the classification has been done among 7 groups to analyze the functional connectivity changes in one year in different stages. After generating the functional connectivity graphs for eliminating the weak links, three... 

    Behavior of olfactory-related frontal lobe oscillations in Alzheimer's disease and MCI: A pilot study

    , Article International Journal of Psychophysiology ; Volume 175 , 2022 , Pages 43-53 ; 01678760 (ISSN) Fatemi, S. N ; Aghajan, H ; Vahabi, Z ; Afzal, A ; Sedghizadeh, M. J ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier B.V  2022
    Abstract
    Slow-gamma (35-45 Hz) phase synchronization and the coupling between slow-gamma and low-frequency theta oscillations (4–8 Hz) are closely related to memory retrieval and cognitive functions. In this pilot study, we assess the Phase Amplitude Coupling (PAC) between theta and slow-gamma oscillatory bands and the quality of synchronization in slow-gamma oscillations using Phase Locking Value (PLV) on EEG data from healthy individuals and patients diagnosed with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI) and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) during an oddball olfactory task. Our study indicates noticeable differences between the PLV and PAC values corresponding to olfactory stimulation in the three groups...