MRI of the brain in neurologically healthy middle-aged and elderly individuals

Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 537-545

  Salonen, O ^a   Autti, T ^a   Raininko, R ^a,b   Ylikoski, A ^a   Erkinjuntti, T ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing brain; High signal foci; Magnetic resonance imaging; Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030750160     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050463     Document Type: Article

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