Age-related changes in intracranial compartment volumes in normal adults assessed by magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 982-991

  Matsumae, Mitsunori ^b   Kikinis, Ron ^b   Mórocz, István A ^b   Lorenzo, Antonio V ^b   Sándor, Tamás ^b   Albert, Marilyn S ^b   Black, Peter McL ^b   Jolesz, Ferenc A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

brain; cerebral ventricles; cerebrospinal fluid; magnetic resonance imaging; volumetric study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029891767     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.6.0982     Document Type: Article

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