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International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 214580, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/214580
Research Article

Direction of Information Flow in Alzheimer's Disease and MCI Patients

Fabrizio Vecchio1 and Claudio Babiloni2,3

1AfaR, Department of Neuroscience, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Isola Tiberina, 00186 Rome, Italy
2Department of Imaging, San Raffaele Cassino, 03043 Cassino, Italy
3Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Foggia, 71100 Foggia, Italy

Received 14 December 2010; Accepted 13 February 2011

Academic Editor: Sara Määttä

Copyright © 2011 Fabrizio Vecchio and Claudio Babiloni. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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