T2 shortening in the visual cortex: Effect of aging and cerebrovascular disease

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 711-714

  Korogi, Yukunori ^a   Hirai, Toshinori ^a   Komohara, Yasuyuki ^a   Okuda, Tomoko ^a   Ikushima, Ichiro ^a   Kitajima, Mika ^a   Shigematu, Yoshinori ^a   Sugahara, Takeshi ^a   Takahashi, Mutsumasa ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age and aging; Brain, magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON STORAGE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030909847     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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