Basal ganglia volume in adults with Down syndrome

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-82

  Aylward, Elizabeth H ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Habbak, Reem ^a   Warren, Andrew ^a   Pulsifer, Margaret B ^a   Barta, Patrick E ^a   Jerram, Matthew ^a   Pearlson, Godfrey ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Basal ganglia; Dementia; Down syndrome; MRI; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN MAPPING; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030747946     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(97)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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