Selective aging of the human cerebral cortex observed in Vivo: Differential vulnerability of the prefrontal gray matter

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 268-282

  Raz, Naftali ^a   Gunning, Faith M ^a   Head, Denise ^a   Dupuis, James H ^a   McQuain, John ^a   Briggs, Susan D ^a   Loken, Wendy J ^a   Thornton, Allen E ^a   Acker, James D ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030893073     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/7.3.268     Document Type: Article

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