Magnetic resonance imaging correlates of memory impairment in the healthy elderly: Association with medial temporal lobe atrophy but not white matter lesions

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 369-374

  O'Brien, John T ^a,c   Desmond, Patricia ^b   Ames, David ^b   Schweitzer, Isaac ^b   Tress, Brian ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hippocampus; Memory; MRI; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030891027     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199703)12:3<369::AID-GPS516>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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