Brain volume preserved in healthy elderly through the eleventh decade

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1555-1562

  Mueller, E A ^a,c   Moore, M M ^c   Kerr, D C R ^b   Sexton, G ^c   Camicioli, R M ^b   Howieson, D B ^a   Quinn, J F ^b   Kaye, J A ^c  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031648036     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.6.1555     Document Type: Article

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