Hippocampal formation size predicts declining memory performance in normal aging

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 810-813

  Colomb, J ^a,c   Kluger, A ^a   De Leon, M J ^a   Ferris, S H ^b   Mittelman, M ^c   Cohen, J ^a   George, A E ^c  

^a Aging and Dementia Research Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029816888     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.47.3.810     Document Type: Article

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