Age-related changes in brain T1 are correlated with iron concentration

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 749-753

  Ogg, Robert J ^a,b   Steen, R Grant ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain iron; Development; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; TISSUE;

AGE-RELATED CHANGES; BRAIN IRON; DEVELOPMENT; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RELAXATION; RELAXATION PROPERTY; RELAXATION RATES;

IRON;

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUTAMEN; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031725317     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400516     Document Type: Article

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