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Diffusion kurtosis imaging (gen)omics unravels mechanisms of cerebral small vessel disease

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Authors: Quentin Le Grand1, Alexandra Koch1, Mohammed-Aslam Imtiaz1, Greta Maier1, Valentina Talevi1, Dan Liu1, N. Ahmad Aziz1,2,3, Monique M.B. Breteler1,3
ORCID iDs: Quentin Le Grand, Alexandra Koch, N. Ahmad Aziz, Monique M.B. Breteler
  1. Population Health Sciences, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
  2. University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Centre of Neurology, Bonn, Germany
  3. University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology (IMBIE), Bonn, Germany
Institutions: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Germany); University of Bonn (Germany); University Hospital Bonn (Germany); Institut für Medizinische Biometrie, Informatik und Epidemiologie (Germany)
Journal: medRxiv (preprint)
Dates: published online 13 August 2026
Type: Preprint
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.64898/2026.08.12.26360241 · OpenAlex W7202383998
Open access: green, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: genetics / omics (modality), structural MRI / diffusion (modality), Alzheimer's / dementia (population), stroke (population), cellular / molecular (subfield)
Methods: Statistics, Smoothing, state filtering, decompositions, fMRI & imaging
Topic: Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Medicine), according to OpenAlex
Funding: European Research Council (101041677)
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 64 references in the paper

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Version 2, 28 September 2026

  • Authors: added Quentin Le Grand (0000-0002-9299-0747); Alexandra Koch (0000-0002-9795-0541); N. Ahmad Aziz (0000-0001-6184-458X); Monique M.B. Breteler (0000-0002-0626-9305); removed Quentin Le Grand; Alexandra Koch; N. Ahmad Aziz; Monique M.B. Breteler

Version 1, 27 September 2026: the first record

Recorded: type, journal, dates, 8 authors, 1 funder, 64 references.

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Grand, Q. L., Koch, A., Imtiaz, M.-A., Maier, G., Talevi, V., Liu, D., Aziz, N. A., & Breteler, M. M. (2026). Diffusion kurtosis imaging (gen)omics unravels mechanisms of cerebral small vessel disease. medRxiv (preprint). https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.12.26360241

BibTeX

@article{grand2026diffusion,
author = {Grand, Quentin Le and Koch, Alexandra and Imtiaz, Mohammed-Aslam and Maier, Greta and Talevi, Valentina and Liu, Dan and Aziz, N. Ahmad and Breteler, Monique M.B.},
title = {{Diffusion kurtosis imaging (gen)omics unravels mechanisms of cerebral small vessel disease}},
journal = {medRxiv (preprint)},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
publisher = {medRxiv},
doi = {10.64898/2026.08.12.26360241},
url = {https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.12.26360241}
}

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AU - Grand, Quentin Le
AU - Koch, Alexandra
AU - Imtiaz, Mohammed-Aslam
AU - Maier, Greta
AU - Talevi, Valentina
AU - Liu, Dan
AU - Aziz, N. Ahmad
AU - Breteler, Monique M.B.
TI - Diffusion kurtosis imaging (gen)omics unravels mechanisms of cerebral small vessel disease
T2 - medRxiv (preprint)
J2 - medRxiv
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/13
PB - medRxiv
DO - 10.64898/2026.08.12.26360241
UR - https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.12.26360241
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