Normal human aging: Factors contributing to cerebral atrophy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-49

  Akiyama, Hisanao ^a   Meyer, John Stirling ^a   Mortel, Karl F ^a   Yasuo Terayama, ^a   Thornby, John I ^b   Konno, Shizuko ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cerebral atrophy; Cognitive declines; Cross sectional analysis; Longitudinal analysis; Normal human aging; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030773657     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00141-X     Document Type: Article

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